Best Time to Drive from Brookline to Pawtucket

Right now (8:51 pm EST): about 43 minutes via I-95 South, usually 42 at this time.

Only 64% 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.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Brookline to Pawtucket 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	40	41	47	51	47	45	44	44	44	47	57	67	66	53	43	41	41
Tue	40	40	50	58	54	46	44	44	43	48	61	75	77	64	46	42	42
Wed	40	40	49	57	53	46	44	44	45	48	63	73	76	66	47	43	42
Thu	40	40	48	53	50	45	44	45	44	49	65	76	77	66	50	42	42
Fri	40	40	44	46	46	44	45	45	48	54	70	76	70	58	45	42	41
Sat	40	39	39	40	40	41	44	45	46	46	48	49	47	46	42	41	41
Sun	40	39	39	39	39	41	43	43	43	43	43	44	43	44	42	42	41

About this drive

On weekdays the 40-mile drive from Brookline to Pawtucket (via I-95 South) usually takes as little as 40 minutes and up to 78 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 45 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Saturdays (49 minutes).

About 30 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (15 to 40 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Brookline to central Pawtucket 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 Pawtucket?

On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 40 minutes then, versus up to 78 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Brookline to Pawtucket?

The 40-mile drive usually takes 40 to 78 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 45 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brookline to Pawtucket?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 78 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-95 South in Boston (15 miles)

Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow

More drives

Pawtucket to Brookline (return trip) · Brookline to Providence · Brookline to Manchester · Brookline to New Bedford · Brookline to Fall River · Brookline to Nashua · Brookline to Warwick · Brookline to Lawrence

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	41	47	51	47	45	44	44	44	47	57	67	66	53	43	41	41
Tue	40	40	50	58	54	46	44	44	43	48	61	75	77	64	46	42	42
Wed	40	40	49	57	53	46	44	44	45	48	63	73	76	66	47	43	42
Thu	40	40	48	53	50	45	44	45	44	49	65	76	77	66	50	42	42
Fri	40	40	44	46	46	44	45	45	48	54	70	76	70	58	45	42	41
Sat	40	39	39	40	40	41	44	45	46	46	48	49	47	46	42	41	41
Sun	40	39	39	39	39	41	43	43	43	43	43	44	43	44	42	42	41

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	41	47	51	47	45	44	44	44	47	57	67	66	53	43	41	41
Tue	40	40	50	58	54	46	44	44	43	48	61	75	77	64	46	42	42
Wed	40	40	49	57	53	46	44	44	45	48	63	73	76	66	47	43	42
Thu	40	40	48	53	50	45	44	45	44	49	65	76	77	66	50	42	42
Fri	40	40	44	46	46	44	45	45	48	54	70	76	70	58	45	42	41
Sat	40	39	39	40	40	41	44	45	46	46	48	49	47	46	42	41	41
Sun	40	39	39	39	39	41	43	43	43	43	43	44	43	44	42	42	41

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	41	47	51	47	45	44	44	44	47	57	67	66	53	43	41	41
Tue	40	40	50	58	54	46	44	44	43	48	61	75	77	64	46	42	42
Wed	40	40	49	57	53	46	44	44	45	48	63	73	76	66	47	43	42
Thu	40	40	48	53	50	45	44	45	44	49	65	76	77	66	50	42	42
Fri	40	40	44	46	46	44	45	45	48	54	70	76	70	58	45	42	41
Sat	40	39	39	40	40	41	44	45	46	46	48	49	47	46	42	41	41
Sun	40	39	39	39	39	41	43	43	43	43	43	44	43	44	42	42	41