Best Time to Drive from Yucaipa to Long Beach

Right now (7:18 pm PDT): about 79 minutes via SR-91 West, usually 78 at this time.

Only 35% 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 Yucaipa 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	80	97	112	111	93	85	85	85	86	91	95	95	94	82	79	78	76
Tue	80	101	114	120	103	87	85	85	86	91	96	101	99	84	78	77	76
Wed	79	103	122	124	102	89	86	87	88	90	97	103	104	88	81	78	75
Thu	80	98	113	111	101	86	85	87	88	89	100	100	109	88	80	78	76
Fri	79	88	92	101	91	86	87	87	91	94	101	101	102	89	84	79	77
Sat	75	76	77	77	81	82	86	87	88	89	98	91	86	82	78	78	75
Sun	76	76	77	78	80	82	85	85	85	83	83	81	80	81	80	80	75

About this drive

On weekdays the 80-mile drive from Yucaipa to Long Beach (via SR-91 West) usually takes as little as 75 minutes and up to 134 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 88 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Saturdays (98 minutes).

About 70 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (13 to 19 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Yucaipa 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 Yucaipa to Long Beach?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 75 minutes then, versus up to 134 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Yucaipa to Long Beach?

The 80-mile drive usually takes 75 to 134 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 88 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Yucaipa to Long Beach?

Leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 134 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 West in Orange County (28 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (14 miles) · I-10 West in Inland Empire (12 miles) · I-215 South in Inland Empire (6 miles) · SR-91 West in Inland Empire (4 miles) · SR-55 South in Orange County (4 miles)

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

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Long Beach to Yucaipa (return trip) · Yucaipa 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
Mon	80	97	112	111	93	85	85	85	86	91	95	95	94	82	79	78	76
Tue	80	101	114	120	103	87	85	85	86	91	96	101	99	84	78	77	76
Wed	79	103	122	124	102	89	86	87	88	90	97	103	104	88	81	78	75
Thu	80	98	113	111	101	86	85	87	88	89	100	100	109	88	80	78	76
Fri	79	88	92	101	91	86	87	87	91	94	101	101	102	89	84	79	77
Sat	75	76	77	77	81	82	86	87	88	89	98	91	86	82	78	78	75
Sun	76	76	77	78	80	82	85	85	85	83	83	81	80	81	80	80	75

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	80	97	112	111	93	85	85	85	86	91	95	95	94	82	79	78	76
Tue	80	101	114	120	103	87	85	85	86	91	96	101	99	84	78	77	76
Wed	79	103	122	124	102	89	86	87	88	90	97	103	104	88	81	78	75
Thu	80	98	113	111	101	86	85	87	88	89	100	100	109	88	80	78	76
Fri	79	88	92	101	91	86	87	87	91	94	101	101	102	89	84	79	77
Sat	75	76	77	77	81	82	86	87	88	89	98	91	86	82	78	78	75
Sun	76	76	77	78	80	82	85	85	85	83	83	81	80	81	80	80	75

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	80	97	112	111	93	85	85	85	86	91	95	95	94	82	79	78	76
Tue	80	101	114	120	103	87	85	85	86	91	96	101	99	84	78	77	76
Wed	79	103	122	124	102	89	86	87	88	90	97	103	104	88	81	78	75
Thu	80	98	113	111	101	86	85	87	88	89	100	100	109	88	80	78	76
Fri	79	88	92	101	91	86	87	87	91	94	101	101	102	89	84	79	77
Sat	75	76	77	77	81	82	86	87	88	89	98	91	86	82	78	78	75
Sun	76	76	77	78	80	82	85	85	85	83	83	81	80	81	80	80	75