Best Time to Drive from Brookline to New Bedford

Right now (10:04 pm EDT): about 60 minutes via MA-24 South and MA-140 South and I-95 South, usually 61 at this time.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Brookline 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	60	60	65	69	70	65	66	67	66	72	85	86	79	66	61	61	61
Tue	61	60	66	72	73	68	67	65	65	70	87	98	94	78	63	62	61
Wed	61	60	64	70	72	67	65	65	65	69	90	100	95	79	65	62	62
Thu	61	60	64	68	71	67	66	65	66	72	92	103	99	82	66	62	62
Fri	60	59	63	64	65	64	65	67	69	83	96	99	85	72	64	62	61
Sat	60	59	59	59	60	60	63	65	65	65	65	65	63	61	61	61	61
Sun	60	58	58	57	58	58	60	61	63	61	61	60	60	60	61	61	61

About this drive

On weekdays the 65-mile drive from Brookline to New Bedford (via MA-24 South and MA-140 South and I-95 South) usually takes as little as 59 minutes and up to 104 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 67 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (66 minutes).

About 60 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (6 to 14 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Brookline 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 Brookline to New Bedford?

On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 59 minutes then, versus up to 104 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 65-mile drive usually takes 59 to 104 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 67 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brookline to New Bedford?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 104 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-95 South in Boston (12 miles) · I-93 South in Boston (4 miles)

Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow

More drives

New Bedford to Brookline (return trip) · Brookline to Providence · Brookline to Manchester

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	60	60	65	69	70	65	66	67	66	72	85	86	79	66	61	61	61
Tue	61	60	66	72	73	68	67	65	65	70	87	98	94	78	63	62	61
Wed	61	60	64	70	72	67	65	65	65	69	90	100	95	79	65	62	62
Thu	61	60	64	68	71	67	66	65	66	72	92	103	99	82	66	62	62
Fri	60	59	63	64	65	64	65	67	69	83	96	99	85	72	64	62	61
Sat	60	59	59	59	60	60	63	65	65	65	65	65	63	61	61	61	61
Sun	60	58	58	57	58	58	60	61	63	61	61	60	60	60	61	61	61

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	60	60	65	69	70	65	66	67	66	72	85	86	79	66	61	61	61
Tue	61	60	66	72	73	68	67	65	65	70	87	98	94	78	63	62	61
Wed	61	60	64	70	72	67	65	65	65	69	90	100	95	79	65	62	62
Thu	61	60	64	68	71	67	66	65	66	72	92	103	99	82	66	62	62
Fri	60	59	63	64	65	64	65	67	69	83	96	99	85	72	64	62	61
Sat	60	59	59	59	60	60	63	65	65	65	65	65	63	61	61	61	61
Sun	60	58	58	57	58	58	60	61	63	61	61	60	60	60	61	61	61

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	60	60	65	69	70	65	66	67	66	72	85	86	79	66	61	61	61
Tue	61	60	66	72	73	68	67	65	65	70	87	98	94	78	63	62	61
Wed	61	60	64	70	72	67	65	65	65	69	90	100	95	79	65	62	62
Thu	61	60	64	68	71	67	66	65	66	72	92	103	99	82	66	62	62
Fri	60	59	63	64	65	64	65	67	69	83	96	99	85	72	64	62	61
Sat	60	59	59	59	60	60	63	65	65	65	65	65	63	61	61	61	61
Sun	60	58	58	57	58	58	60	61	63	61	61	60	60	60	61	61	61