Best Time to Drive from Whittier to Riverside

Right now (12:33 pm PDT): about 60 minutes via SR-60 East, usually 57 at this time.

Only 28% of this drive is measured by working traffic sensors right now. The rest is estimated from nearby sensors, typical speeds and street traffic, so times can be off. Why so few sensors work.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Whittier to Riverside by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	48	53	53	52	55	56	56	58	57	64	76	69	60	52	51	46
Tue	46	48	54	54	52	57	58	56	57	56	67	71	68	57	51	51	47
Wed	45	48	55	61	54	56	56	57	57	58	69	76	73	61	51	50	45
Thu	46	47	55	56	53	56	56	56	57	61	71	84	76	70	56	52	46
Fri	45	47	50	51	51	54	54	55	61	71	84	85	78	66	57	49	46
Sat	45	47	47	48	49	48	48	48	49	49	55	53	54	55	50	48	46
Sun	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	50	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	45

About this drive

On weekdays the 43-mile drive from Whittier to Riverside (via SR-60 East) usually takes as little as 45 minutes and up to 85 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 57 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (55 minutes).

About 33 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 9 miles surface streets (16 to 38 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Whittier (Painter Avenue) to central Riverside along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.

Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.

Questions

What is the best time to drive from Whittier to Riverside?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 45 minutes then, versus up to 85 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Whittier to Riverside?

The 43-mile drive usually takes 45 to 85 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 57 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Whittier to Riverside?

Leaving around 4 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 85 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 East in Inland Empire (19 miles) · SR-60 East in Los Angeles (15 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Riverside to Whittier (return trip) · Whittier to Santa Monica · Whittier to Long Beach · Whittier to West Covina · Whittier to Burbank · Whittier to Santa Clarita · Whittier to Van Nuys · Whittier to Torrance · Whittier to LAX · Whittier to Culver City · Whittier to Thousand Oaks · Whittier to Oxnard

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	48	53	53	52	55	56	56	58	57	64	76	69	60	52	51	46
Tue	46	48	54	54	52	57	58	56	57	56	67	71	68	57	51	51	47
Wed	45	48	55	61	54	56	56	57	57	58	69	76	73	61	51	50	45
Thu	46	47	55	56	53	56	56	56	57	61	71	84	76	70	56	52	46
Fri	45	47	50	51	51	54	54	55	61	71	84	85	78	66	57	49	46
Sat	45	47	47	48	49	48	48	48	49	49	55	53	54	55	50	48	46
Sun	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	50	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	45

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	48	53	53	52	55	56	56	58	57	64	76	69	60	52	51	46
Tue	46	48	54	54	52	57	58	56	57	56	67	71	68	57	51	51	47
Wed	45	48	55	61	54	56	56	57	57	58	69	76	73	61	51	50	45
Thu	46	47	55	56	53	56	56	56	57	61	71	84	76	70	56	52	46
Fri	45	47	50	51	51	54	54	55	61	71	84	85	78	66	57	49	46
Sat	45	47	47	48	49	48	48	48	49	49	55	53	54	55	50	48	46
Sun	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	50	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	45

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	48	53	53	52	55	56	56	58	57	64	76	69	60	52	51	46
Tue	46	48	54	54	52	57	58	56	57	56	67	71	68	57	51	51	47
Wed	45	48	55	61	54	56	56	57	57	58	69	76	73	61	51	50	45
Thu	46	47	55	56	53	56	56	56	57	61	71	84	76	70	56	52	46
Fri	45	47	50	51	51	54	54	55	61	71	84	85	78	66	57	49	46
Sat	45	47	47	48	49	48	48	48	49	49	55	53	54	55	50	48	46
Sun	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	50	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	45