Calexico East border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at Calexico East, from Mexicali, Baja California into Calexico, California, by car and on foot, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest. In Mexico it’s called Garita Mexicali II.

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Cars, standard lanes: Closed
Cars, SENTRI: Closed
Cars, Ready Lane: Closed
Walking, standard lanes: Closed
Posted by CBP: —

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.

Open 6 am to 10 pm, local time. Up to 8 car lanes. Up to 4 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 250301.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (standard lanes), usually quickest on Friday at 9 PM (5 min on average); usually slowest on Sunday at 6 PM (118 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 6 AM (5 min); usually slowest on Tuesday at 2 PM (42 min).

Every lane Now and usually

Lane	Now	Open	Usual	Readings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes	Closed	—	46 min	323
Cars, SENTRI	Closed	—	10 min	323
Cars, Ready Lane	Closed	—	44 min	323
Walking, standard lanes	Closed	—	6 min	323

“Usual” is the average over the last 30 days; where it says CBP, it’s CBP’s own published average for October, from the year before, because there aren’t enough readings here yet. SENTRI is CBP’s trusted-traveler lane; the Ready Lane is for travelers carrying an RFID-enabled document (a passport card, a border crossing card, an enhanced driver’s license). First reading on record: Sep 14, 2026.

By car: usual wait by day and hour Cars, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
6 AM	27	22	20	24	22	22	30
7 AM	35	32	26	25	33	25	22
8 AM	56	45	60	45	77	18	38
9 AM	58	55	65	40	63	22	45
10 AM	50	30	67	40	48	18	65
11 AM	58	40	54	41	45	12	15
12 PM	88	38	23	72	50	25	90
1 PM	28	25	25	60	45	28	45
2 PM	49	33	50	35	53	25	64
3 PM	33	60	25	68	60	45	86
4 PM	15	38	42	62	50	40	77
5 PM	67	23	25	80	60	58	110
6 PM	45	23	30	59	45	43	118
7 PM	65	33	20	63	45	70	105
8 PM	60	45	19	50	18	120	90
9 PM	80	30	30	52	5	54	93

Under 10 min
10–29 min
30–59 min
60–89 min
90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 46 min, from 323 readings.

On foot: usual wait by day and hour Walking, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
6 AM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
7 AM	10	5	5	5	5	5	5
8 AM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
9 AM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
10 AM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
11 AM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
12 PM	5	5	5	13	5	5	5
1 PM	5	5	5	19	5	5	5
2 PM	5	42	5	5	5	5	5
3 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
4 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
5 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
7 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
8 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
9 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Under 10 min
10–29 min
30–59 min
60–89 min
90 min or more

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

Crossing	By car	On foot	Posted
Calexico West	30 min	5 min	Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT
Cross Border Express (CBX)	—	No wait	Oct 30, 5:00 AM PDT
Otay Mesa	60 min	No wait	Oct 30, 3:00 AM PDT
San Ysidro	30 min	5 min	Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT
San Ysidro PedWest	—	Pending	—
Tecate	Pending	Pending	—
Andrade	Pending	Pending	—

By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.

By car, by hour of day All days, last 30 days

Hour	Average	Bar
6 AM	24 min
7 AM	28 min
8 AM	51 min
9 AM	52 min
10 AM	46 min
11 AM	43 min
12 PM	48 min
1 PM	39 min
2 PM	44 min
3 PM	54 min
4 PM	50 min
5 PM	58 min
6 PM	54 min
7 PM	54 min
8 PM	49 min
9 PM	49 min

The last 7 days Cars, standard lanes · Thu, Oct 22 to Thu, Oct 29

160 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions Calexico East

How long is the wait at Calexico East right now?

CBP posted no wait at its last reading. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.

What’s the best time to cross?

Over the last 30 days, the car line has usually been shortest on Friday at 9 PM and longest on Sunday at 6 PM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 6 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does SENTRI save?

Over the last 30 days the SENTRI line averaged 10 min, against 46 min in the standard lanes and 44 min in the Ready Lane.

When is it open?

6 am to 10 pm, local time.

For trucks, the commercial lane waits have a board of their own.

About these numbers

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time

Officers at each port of entry post every lane’s wait about once an hour to CBP’s Border Wait Times system. A small Cloudflare Worker reads it every half hour and keeps each reading once; the last-30-days averages come from that record. The averages from the year before are CBP’s own.

Times are the crossing’s local time. A closed lane or a pending reading counts as unknown, never as zero. The board has every crossing right now and how it all works, and the data is a CSV download. Esta página en español.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 20, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.