Best Time to Drive from Concord to Stockton
Right now (6:03 pm PDT): about 69 minutes via SR-4 East, usually 69 at this time.
Only 25% 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 77 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 66 |
| Tue | 65 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 80 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 67 | 66 |
| Wed | 65 | 79 | 83 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 67 | 65 |
| Thu | 67 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 66 | 66 |
| Fri | 69 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 |
| Sat | 65 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 64 |
| Sun | 64 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 66 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 51-mile drive from Concord to Stockton (via SR-4 East) usually takes as little as 65 minutes and up to 84 minutes, when leaving around 8 am on Mondays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 76 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Saturdays (68 minutes).
About 20 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 31 miles surface streets (45 to 64 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Concord to central Stockton 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 Concord to Stockton?
On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 65 minutes then, versus up to 84 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Concord to Stockton?
The 51-mile drive usually takes 65 to 84 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 76 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Concord to Stockton?
Leaving around 8 am on Mondays is usually slowest, about 84 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-4 East in Bay Area (20 miles)
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