Best Time to Drive from Attleboro to New Bedford

Right now (7:50 pm EST): about 39 minutes via MA-140 South and I-495 South, usually 39 at this time.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Attleboro to New Bedford by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	39	39	40	42	42	42	42	43	42	43	44	44	44	41	40	39	40
Tue	40	39	40	42	41	42	42	42	41	41	44	47	46	42	40	39	40
Wed	40	39	40	42	41	42	41	42	42	41	44	46	45	42	40	40	40
Thu	40	39	40	41	41	42	42	41	41	41	44	47	48	42	40	40	39
Fri	39	39	40	41	41	42	41	42	42	43	46	48	47	43	40	39	39
Sat	39	38	39	39	39	39	39	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	39	40
Sun	39	38	38	37	37	38	38	39	39	38	39	38	38	38	39	39	40

About this drive

On weekdays the 42-mile drive from Attleboro to New Bedford (via MA-140 South and I-495 South) usually takes as little as 39 minutes and up to 48 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 2:30 pm or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 42 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8:30 pm on Sundays (40 minutes).

About 40 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 5 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Attleboro to central New Bedford 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 Attleboro to New Bedford?

On weekdays, leave before 2:30 pm or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 39 minutes then, versus up to 48 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Attleboro to New Bedford?

The 42-mile drive usually takes 39 to 48 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 42 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Attleboro to New Bedford?

Leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 48 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-495 South in Boston (14 miles)

Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow

More drives

New Bedford to Attleboro (return trip) · Attleboro to Boston · Attleboro to South Boston · Attleboro to Worcester · Attleboro to Lowell

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
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