Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Daly City to Oakland
Right now (6:17 pm PDT): about 27 minutes via I-280 North and US-101 North and I-80 East, usually 22 at this time.
Only 47% 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 |
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| Mon | 20 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Tue | 20 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Wed | 20 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Thu | 20 | 21 | 23 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Fri | 20 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Sat | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Sun | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 18-mile drive from Daly City to Oakland (via I-280 North and US-101 North and I-80 East) usually takes as little as 20 minutes and up to 35 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 23 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12 pm on Saturdays (28 minutes).
About 12 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (9 to 15 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Daly City to downtown Oakland 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 Daly City to Oakland?
On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 20 minutes then, versus up to 35 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Daly City to Oakland?
The 18-mile drive usually takes 20 to 35 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 23 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Daly City to Oakland?
Leaving around 8:30 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 35 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-280 North in Bay Area (4 miles) · US-101 North in Bay Area (4 miles) · I-80 East in Bay Area (4 miles)
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