Best Time to Drive from Yorba Linda to Long Beach

Right now (6:17 pm PDT): about 39 minutes via SR-22 West and SR-91 West, usually 34 at this time.

None 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 Long Beach 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	31	32	34	34	35	33	34	33	34	34	35	38	41	37	32	32	31
Tue	31	32	33	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	36	41	46	41	33	32	31
Wed	31	32	34	36	36	35	35	35	34	35	37	43	48	44	35	34	31
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Sat	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	31
Sun	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	33	33	31

About this drive

On weekdays the 31-mile drive from Yorba Linda to Long Beach (via SR-22 West and SR-91 West) usually takes as little as 31 minutes and up to 48 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 34 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (34 minutes).

About 25 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 6 miles surface streets (8 to 14 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Yorba Linda to downtown Long Beach 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 Long Beach?

On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 31 minutes then, versus up to 48 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Yorba Linda to Long Beach?

The 31-mile drive usually takes 31 to 48 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 34 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Yorba Linda to Long Beach?

Leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 48 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-22 West in Orange County (14 miles) · SR-91 West in Orange County (5 miles) · SR-55 South in Orange County (4 miles) · I-405 North in Orange County (1.8 miles)

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

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Long Beach to Yorba Linda (return trip) · Yorba Linda to Los Angeles

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
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