Calexico West border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at Calexico West, 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 Centro (Mexicali I).

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Cars, standard lanes: 30 min
Cars, SENTRI: 5 min
Cars, Ready Lane: 30 min
Walking, standard lanes: 5 min
Walking, Ready Lane: 5 min
Posted by CBP: Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT

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

Open 24 hours. Up to 16 car lanes. Up to 8 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 250302.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (standard lanes), usually quickest on Saturday at 2 AM (5 min on average); usually slowest on Sunday at 10 PM (165 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 12 AM (5 min); usually slowest on Saturday at 1 PM (82 min).

Every lane Now and usually

Lane	Now	Open	Usual	Readings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes	30 min	3	55 min	469
Cars, SENTRI	5 min	2	9 min	469
Cars, Ready Lane	30 min	3	55 min	469
Walking, standard lanes	5 min	3	18 min	469
Walking, Ready Lane	5 min	3	18 min	469

“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 13, 2026.

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

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
12 AM	123	10	10	38	13	5	75
1 AM	52	10	11	15	14	10	75
2 AM	25	15	14	15	15	5	75
3 AM	35	22	33	25	22	5	60
4 AM	50	30	32	26	25	8	12
5 AM	68	38	42	25	25	15	20
6 AM	62	45	52	45	40	15	25
7 AM	112	60	71	82	65	20	38
8 AM	95	68	56	55	93	18	52
9 AM	90	53	31	47	112	25	38
10 AM	72	50	23	52	90	27	38
11 AM	70	73	61	75	90	35	15
12 PM	45	67	42	55	102	28	90
1 PM	60	50	25	72	80	12	75
2 PM	60	63	45	75	68	43	90
3 PM	85	63	39	83	75	45	128
4 PM	80	71	46	72	65	60	110
5 PM	90	47	42	80	60	77	130
6 PM	70	65	52	79	30	80	150
7 PM	75	58	49	63	45	60	137
8 PM	70	55	50	75	43	70	130
9 PM	95	33	35	80	20	90	137
10 PM	90	30	28	60	18	72	165
11 PM	75	22	35	60	5	75	123

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: 55 min, from 469 readings.

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

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
12 AM	5	5	5	5	5	5	12
1 AM	5	5	5	5	5	10	5
2 AM	5	5	11	5	5	8	5
3 AM	5	5	23	5	14	10	5
4 AM	13	5	6	19	5	15	5
5 AM	5	5	10	8	5	5	5
6 AM	12	5	6	8	5	5	5
7 AM	30	18	31	27	33	5	5
8 AM	35	5	19	26	32	8	18
9 AM	27	7	21	28	43	20	5
10 AM	30	5	13	30	50	35	5
11 AM	38	5	7	32	50	50	5
12 PM	32	23	23	62	48	60	15
1 PM	32	5	18	46	35	82	5
2 PM	42	8	5	22	32	63	18
3 PM	45	8	11	28	60	60	15
4 PM	5	6	15	18	38	5	7
5 PM	12	10	25	12	45	20	17
6 PM	18	10	34	26	45	35	28
7 PM	20	8	42	40	25	5	17
8 PM	5	7	20	25	35	5	32
9 PM	5	5	5	23	5	5	15
10 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	10
11 PM	5	5	5	5	5	5	17

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 East	Closed	Closed	—
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
12 AM	43 min
1 AM	24 min
2 AM	21 min
3 AM	30 min
4 AM	28 min
5 AM	33 min
6 AM	40 min
7 AM	63 min
8 AM	66 min
9 AM	58 min
10 AM	51 min
11 AM	66 min
12 PM	57 min
1 PM	55 min
2 PM	65 min
3 PM	76 min
4 PM	70 min
5 PM	75 min
6 PM	82 min
7 PM	71 min
8 PM	66 min
9 PM	65 min
10 PM	62 min
11 PM	63 min

The last 7 days Cars, standard lanes · Fri, Oct 23 to Fri, Oct 30

180 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions Calexico West

How long is the wait at Calexico West right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT), the line by car (standard lanes) was 30 min, and on foot 5 min. 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 Saturday at 2 AM and longest on Sunday at 10 PM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 12 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does SENTRI save?

Over the last 30 days the SENTRI line averaged 9 min, against 55 min in the standard lanes and 55 min in the Ready Lane.

When is it open?

24 hours a day.

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.