Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Daly City to San Francisco
Right now (12:19 am PDT): about 10 minutes via I-280 North and US-101 North.
Only 60% 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 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Tue | 9 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Wed | 9 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Thu | 9 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Fri | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Sat | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Sun | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 9-mile drive from Daly City to San Francisco (via I-280 North and US-101 North) usually takes as little as 9 minutes and up to 22 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 10 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Saturdays (12 minutes).
About 8 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.2 miles surface streets (2 to 3 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 9 minutes then, versus up to 22 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Daly City to San Francisco?
The 9-mile drive usually takes 9 to 22 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 10 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Daly City to San Francisco?
Leaving around 8:30 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 22 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-280 North in Bay Area (4 miles) · US-101 North in Bay Area (3 miles)
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