Best Time to Drive from Yorba Linda to Santa Clarita

Right now (9:57 pm PST): about 63 minutes via I-5 North and SR-91 West, usually 63 at this time.

Only 10% 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 Santa Clarita 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	61	76	84	89	86	81	79	79	80	80	85	86	83	76	69	65	63
Tue	60	78	87	92	88	82	76	76	76	78	85	93	91	80	74	66	63
Wed	60	73	82	85	87	79	78	75	76	78	87	90	90	81	73	66	62
Thu	61	76	85	87	88	81	79	79	78	82	94	98	93	82	75	70	62
Fri	61	73	76	79	81	81	81	82	85	85	92	90	89	86	78	71	63
Sat	61	63	64	65	70	79	82	80	82	80	80	80	78	77	78	71	63
Sun	62	61	61	62	63	70	81	90	92	95	86	80	78	81	78	73	64

About this drive

On weekdays the 68-mile drive from Yorba Linda to Santa Clarita (via I-5 North and SR-91 West) usually takes as little as 60 minutes and up to 100 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 79 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Sundays (95 minutes).

About 63 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (6 to 10 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 Santa Clarita 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 Santa Clarita?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 60 minutes then, versus up to 100 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Yorba Linda to Santa Clarita?

The 68-mile drive usually takes 60 to 100 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 79 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Yorba Linda to Santa Clarita?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 100 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 North in Los Angeles (39 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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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	61	76	84	89	86	81	79	79	80	80	85	86	83	76	69	65	63
Tue	60	78	87	92	88	82	76	76	76	78	85	93	91	80	74	66	63
Wed	60	73	82	85	87	79	78	75	76	78	87	90	90	81	73	66	62
Thu	61	76	85	87	88	81	79	79	78	82	94	98	93	82	75	70	62
Fri	61	73	76	79	81	81	81	82	85	85	92	90	89	86	78	71	63
Sat	61	63	64	65	70	79	82	80	82	80	80	80	78	77	78	71	63
Sun	62	61	61	62	63	70	81	90	92	95	86	80	78	81	78	73	64

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	61	76	84	89	86	81	79	79	80	80	85	86	83	76	69	65	63
Tue	60	78	87	92	88	82	76	76	76	78	85	93	91	80	74	66	63
Wed	60	73	82	85	87	79	78	75	76	78	87	90	90	81	73	66	62
Thu	61	76	85	87	88	81	79	79	78	82	94	98	93	82	75	70	62
Fri	61	73	76	79	81	81	81	82	85	85	92	90	89	86	78	71	63
Sat	61	63	64	65	70	79	82	80	82	80	80	80	78	77	78	71	63
Sun	62	61	61	62	63	70	81	90	92	95	86	80	78	81	78	73	64

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	61	76	84	89	86	81	79	79	80	80	85	86	83	76	69	65	63
Tue	60	78	87	92	88	82	76	76	76	78	85	93	91	80	74	66	63
Wed	60	73	82	85	87	79	78	75	76	78	87	90	90	81	73	66	62
Thu	61	76	85	87	88	81	79	79	78	82	94	98	93	82	75	70	62
Fri	61	73	76	79	81	81	81	82	85	85	92	90	89	86	78	71	63
Sat	61	63	64	65	70	79	82	80	82	80	80	80	78	77	78	71	63
Sun	62	61	61	62	63	70	81	90	92	95	86	80	78	81	78	73	64