Best Time to Drive from Yorba Linda to Glendale

Right now (6:03 pm PDT): about 59 minutes via I-5 North and SR-91 West, usually 59 at this time.

Only 29% 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 Yorba Linda to Glendale 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	38	54	60	67	64	56	55	53	54	55	60	58	55	50	44	40	39
Tue	38	53	62	71	67	60	54	53	52	56	61	61	59	51	47	40	39
Wed	39	52	60	65	67	58	55	52	52	55	62	62	60	54	48	42	39
Thu	38	51	60	64	63	55	55	53	54	56	62	64	61	53	50	45	40
Fri	38	50	53	58	57	54	53	56	59	61	64	61	62	59	53	46	40
Sat	39	40	41	42	49	54	59	57	58	57	57	58	56	55	55	47	40
Sun	39	39	39	39	41	46	50	54	56	56	59	54	53	54	51	48	41

About this drive

On weekdays the 44-mile drive from Yorba Linda to Glendale (via I-5 North and SR-91 West) usually takes as little as 38 minutes and up to 71 minutes, when leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 54 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Sundays (59 minutes).

About 42 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.6 miles surface streets (2 to 3 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Yorba Linda to central Glendale 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 Yorba Linda to Glendale?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 38 minutes then, versus up to 71 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Yorba Linda to Glendale?

The 44-mile drive usually takes 38 to 71 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 54 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Yorba Linda to Glendale?

Leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 71 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 North in Los Angeles (18 miles) · SR-91 West in Orange County (14 miles) · I-5 North in Orange County (10 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow · Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow

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Glendale to Yorba Linda (return trip) · Yorba Linda to Los Angeles · Yorba Linda to Long Beach · Yorba Linda to Anaheim · Yorba Linda to Riverside · Yorba Linda to Santa Ana · Yorba Linda to Irvine · Yorba Linda to San Bernardino · Yorba Linda to Fontana · Yorba Linda to Moreno Valley · Yorba Linda to Huntington Beach

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	38	54	60	67	64	56	55	53	54	55	60	58	55	50	44	40	39
Tue	38	53	62	71	67	60	54	53	52	56	61	61	59	51	47	40	39
Wed	39	52	60	65	67	58	55	52	52	55	62	62	60	54	48	42	39
Thu	38	51	60	64	63	55	55	53	54	56	62	64	61	53	50	45	40
Fri	38	50	53	58	57	54	53	56	59	61	64	61	62	59	53	46	40
Sat	39	40	41	42	49	54	59	57	58	57	57	58	56	55	55	47	40
Sun	39	39	39	39	41	46	50	54	56	56	59	54	53	54	51	48	41

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	38	54	60	67	64	56	55	53	54	55	60	58	55	50	44	40	39
Tue	38	53	62	71	67	60	54	53	52	56	61	61	59	51	47	40	39
Wed	39	52	60	65	67	58	55	52	52	55	62	62	60	54	48	42	39
Thu	38	51	60	64	63	55	55	53	54	56	62	64	61	53	50	45	40
Fri	38	50	53	58	57	54	53	56	59	61	64	61	62	59	53	46	40
Sat	39	40	41	42	49	54	59	57	58	57	57	58	56	55	55	47	40
Sun	39	39	39	39	41	46	50	54	56	56	59	54	53	54	51	48	41

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	38	54	60	67	64	56	55	53	54	55	60	58	55	50	44	40	39
Tue	38	53	62	71	67	60	54	53	52	56	61	61	59	51	47	40	39
Wed	39	52	60	65	67	58	55	52	52	55	62	62	60	54	48	42	39
Thu	38	51	60	64	63	55	55	53	54	56	62	64	61	53	50	45	40
Fri	38	50	53	58	57	54	53	56	59	61	64	61	62	59	53	46	40
Sat	39	40	41	42	49	54	59	57	58	57	57	58	56	55	55	47	40
Sun	39	39	39	39	41	46	50	54	56	56	59	54	53	54	51	48	41