title: How Far Is Los Angeles to Long Beach? Distance and Drive Time
url: https://boardspy.site/blog/how-far-los-angeles-to-long-beach/
type: Article
dateModified: 2026-08-16
publisher: BoardSpy
quick_answer: Quick answer: About 25 miles. Roughly 30 minutes clear, and an hour or more at peak.
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faqs[5]{q,a}:
  How far is Los Angeles to Long Beach?,About 25 miles downtown to downtown. Free-flow is about 30 minutes. Weekday peaks run 55 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes. Pattern estimates, not live times.
  Is I-710 or I-110 better?,I-710 is the direct Long Beach Freeway and is heavy with port trucks. I-110 (Harbor Freeway) is often less truck-heavy and better for the western harbour. I-405 is rarely right downtown-to-downtown.
  When is the worst time to drive LA to Long Beach?,Southbound 3:00–7:00 p.m. LA’s evening peak starts around 3 p.m. and does not clear until after 7. Mornings southbound are easier than evenings.
  Does the Metro A Line beat driving?,Journey time is about an hour every day — slower than a clear drive, comparable to a peak drive, with no variance. It wins downtown-to-downtown at peak and when you would otherwise pay for parking.
  Do these times apply to LAX?,No. Long Beach to LAX is a different ~22-mile trip, usually on I-405. Do not use this page’s numbers for LAX.
citations[3]{name,url}:
  LA Metro A Line,https://www.metro.net/riding/guide/a-line/
  Port of Long Beach,https://polb.com/
  BoardSpy data sources,https://boardspy.site/facts/data-sources/
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