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I-5 California Road Conditions
Radar, DOT cameras and live pavement conditions on the 797 miles of I-5 in California — plus closures, road work and city-by-city weather across the state.
Updated Sep 14, 2026 7:31 PM PDT · Mostly dry
Lowest 68°F near Los Angeles, California · Highest wind 12 mph near Los Angeles, California
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Interstate 5 runs 797 miles up California, from the Mexican border at San Ysidro to the Oregon line beyond Yreka — more than half of the entire route, and the state’s main north–south artery. It crosses Tejon Pass at 4,144 feet on the Grapevine, runs the length of a Central Valley that fills with tule fog in winter, and climbs into the mountains again north of Redding.
- Road system: Interstate Highway System
- Length: 797 miles
- Highest point: Tejon Pass (the Grapevine), 4,144 ft
- Runs from: San Ysidro (Mexican border) to the Oregon line
Weather data from Sep 14, 2026 7:31 PM PDT
68°F
89°F
12 mph
29.71-29.88 inHg
Current I-5 in California Conditions by State
California I-5 in California road conditions
Dry
- San Diego 69°F · 7 mph wind · Dry
- Sacramento 86°F · 1 mph wind · Dry
- Los Angeles 81°F · 8 mph wind · Dry
I-5 crosses 797 miles of California, from the Oregon line to its end in the state. That is 58% of I-5's 1,381 miles.
Inside California it meets I-10 at Los Angeles, and I-80 at Sacramento.
By mile marker, I-5 passes San Diego 16 · Los Angeles 134 · Sacramento 519.
It carries The Grapevine at 4,144 ft, where the weather at the summit is not the weather on the approach.
2 current reports along the route, including 2 full closures. The 1 most serious are listed below. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.
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Road closed
I-5 closed
Mainline closure. Work: Accident Investigation. Lanes closed: All. Near Pacoima, Los Angeles County.
| Place | Snow a year | Snow days | Freezing nights | Freeze–thaw days | First freeze | Last freeze | Days over 90°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 0" | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1.2 |
| Sacramento | 0" | 0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | Dec 18 | Jan 19 | 74.4 |
| Los Angeles | 0" | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, from 3 weather stations in California. A dash is a figure that station does not report, not a zero.
Every figure above is a town or a city. The summits are a different climate: Cajon Pass, Donner Pass (Donner Summit, I-80), The Grapevine (Tejon Pass, I-5) have its own page with the readings at the top and a six-day summit forecast.
Towns Along I-5 in California
From Imperial Beach to Montague, with the position of each town measured along this stretch itself — counted from the Imperial Beach end, not from a state milepost, so it will not match the numbers on the signs.
- 4 mi Imperial Beach 1.9 mi off the road
- 22 mi San Diego 4.4 mi off the road
- 53 mi Oceanside 4.0 mi off the road
- 91 mi Laguna Woods 1.2 mi off the road
- 113 mi Fullerton 3.3 mi off the road
- 121 mi Norwalk
- 128 mi Cudahy 3.0 mi off the road
- 137 mi South Pasadena 4.2 mi off the road
- 462 mi Manteca 4.0 mi off the road
- 519 mi Sacramento 2.2 mi off the road
- 630 mi Corning
- 778 mi Montague 3.9 mi off the road
Places from the US Census Gazetteer and population estimates, both public domain; distances measured along this page's own route geometry.
Summaries fetched Sep 14, 2026 5:01 AM PDT
Sacramento, CA weather
- Current weather conditions in Sacramento, CA indicate a temperature of 52°F with a relative humidity of 56%
- The wind is blowing from the northwest at 2 mph
- Visibility is good at 10 miles, and the weather is currently hazy
- The atmospheric pressure is at 29.97 inHg
- There are no active weather alerts at this time, and no precipitation is occurring.
Los Angeles, CA weather
- Current weather conditions in Los Angeles, CA indicate a temperature of 67°F with a relative humidity of 79%
- The dew point is at 60.4°F
- Winds are light, coming from 110° (east-southeast) at 1.7 mph
- Visibility is good at 9.9 miles
- The weather is currently hazy, and there are no significant weather alerts in effect
- The atmospheric pressure is measured at 29.83 inHg.
I-5 in California Traffic Cameras
updating…(C 009) I-5 : Just North Of Old Town, San Diego
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(C030) SB 5: Just South Of I-15, San Diego
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(C270) I-5 : NB Just North of La Costa Ave Top, Carlsbad
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(C356) I-5 : NB at Cannon Rd B, Carlsbad
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(C357) I-5 : NB at Cannon Rd T, Carlsbad
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(C360) I-5 : SB at Chinquapin T, Carlsbad
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I-5 in California Road Weather FAQ
- Is Interstate 5 in California closed right now?
- Yes — 2 full closures are reported on I-5 in California as of Sep 14, 2026 8:32 PM PDT.
- What are I-5 in California road conditions today?
- The map on this page colors the route along I-5 in California by what is on the pavement right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Sep 14, 2026 7:31 PM PDT. Right now temperatures run from 68°F to 89°F and the strongest wind is 12 mph.
- Are there mountain passes on I-5 in California?
- Yes — one on this site, The Grapevine at 4,144 ft. Each has its own summit page.
- Are there live traffic cameras on I-5 in California?
- Yes. This page shows 6 live views on I-5 in California from the state transportation departments' own camera feeds, further down the page, refreshed each time you load it.
- How often are I-5 in California road conditions updated?
- The road surface and weather layers are rebuilt whenever this page is opened with data more than ten minutes old, and refreshed on a schedule in between, so nothing here is more than about two hours old even on a road nobody has looked at. Closures and road blocks are re-imported from the state 511 feeds every fifteen minutes, and the written state-by-state summaries are refreshed daily. Every section on this page carries the time its data was fetched.
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