Best Time to Drive from Agua Caliente to Sacramento

Right now (7:09 pm PDT): about 78 minutes via I-80 East, usually 75 at this time.

Only 57% 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.

About this drive

On weekdays the 72-mile drive from Agua Caliente to Sacramento (via I-80 East) usually takes as little as 73 minutes and up to 109 minutes, when leaving around 2:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 90 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Saturdays (88 minutes).

About 51 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 20 miles surface streets (28 to 55 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Agua Caliente to downtown Sacramento (the Capitol) 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 Agua Caliente to Sacramento?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 73 minutes then, versus up to 109 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Agua Caliente to Sacramento?

The 72-mile drive usually takes 73 to 109 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 90 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Agua Caliente to Sacramento?

Leaving around 2:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 109 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-80 East in Sacramento (21 miles) · I-80 East in Bay Area (20 miles) · SR-12 East in Bay Area (6 miles) · US-50 East in Sacramento (3 miles) · I-5 North in Sacramento (1 mile)

Bay Area traffic right now · Bay Area traffic tomorrow · Sacramento traffic right now · Sacramento traffic tomorrow

More drives

Sacramento to Agua Caliente (return trip) · Agua Caliente to San Francisco

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