Best Time to Drive from Daly City to San Leandro
Right now (6:06 pm PDT): about 33 minutes via I-580 West, usually 31 at this time.
Only 58% 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 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 45 | 40 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
| Tue | 28 | 28 | 34 | 57 | 47 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Wed | 27 | 28 | 34 | 56 | 44 | 35 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Thu | 27 | 28 | 31 | 57 | 47 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| Fri | 27 | 28 | 29 | 44 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 |
| Sat | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Sun | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 29-mile drive from Daly City to San Leandro (via I-580 West) usually takes as little as 27 minutes and up to 59 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 31 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12 pm on Saturdays (33 minutes).
About 25 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (6 to 11 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 San Leandro 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 Leandro?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 27 minutes then, versus up to 59 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Daly City to San Leandro?
The 29-mile drive usually takes 27 to 59 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 31 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Daly City to San Leandro?
Leaving around 8:30 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 59 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-580 West in Bay Area (12 miles) · I-80 East in Bay Area (5 miles) · I-280 North in Bay Area (4 miles) · US-101 North in Bay Area (4 miles)
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