Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Daly City to Petaluma
Right now (5:49 pm PDT): about 49 minutes via US-101 North, usually 50 at this time.
Only 54% 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 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 58 | 58 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 44 |
| Tue | 44 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 52 | 65 | 64 | 51 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
| Wed | 43 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 54 | 65 | 71 | 53 | 46 | 45 | 44 |
| Thu | 43 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 54 | 68 | 70 | 54 | 46 | 44 | 43 |
| Fri | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 62 | 71 | 62 | 50 | 45 | 45 | 44 |
| Sat | 43 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 44 |
| Sun | 43 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 43 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 42-mile drive from Daly City to Petaluma (via US-101 North) usually takes as little as 43 minutes and up to 71 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 8 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 46 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (54 minutes).
About 33 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 9 miles surface streets (14 to 20 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Daly City to central Petaluma 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 Petaluma?
On weekdays, leave before 8 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 43 minutes then, versus up to 71 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Daly City to Petaluma?
The 42-mile drive usually takes 43 to 71 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 46 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Daly City to Petaluma?
Leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 71 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
US-101 North in Bay Area (29 miles) · SR-1 North in Bay Area (5 miles)
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