Best Time to Drive from Daly City to Santa Rosa

Right now (6:18 pm PDT): about 73 minutes via US-101 North, usually 59 at this time.

Only 61% 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

Minutes from Daly City to Santa Rosa by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	56	57	60	62	60	60	59	59	59	60	69	77	70	58	56	56	55
Tue	55	57	61	65	61	59	59	58	59	61	73	86	81	64	57	56	55
Wed	55	57	61	66	60	60	59	59	59	62	74	84	84	64	57	56	55
Thu	55	57	61	66	61	60	59	59	58	62	75	92	86	67	57	56	55
Fri	55	57	59	60	58	59	59	60	63	69	87	93	79	63	58	57	55
Sat	55	55	55	55	56	57	59	62	62	62	64	63	62	62	57	56	56
Sun	55	55	55	55	55	56	58	60	61	62	62	64	65	59	57	56	55

About this drive

On weekdays the 58-mile drive from Daly City to Santa Rosa (via US-101 North) usually takes as little as 55 minutes and up to 94 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 60 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (65 minutes).

About 51 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 7 miles surface streets (10 to 16 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 Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa?

On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 55 minutes then, versus up to 94 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Daly City to Santa Rosa?

The 58-mile drive usually takes 55 to 94 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 60 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Daly City to Santa Rosa?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 94 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

US-101 North in Bay Area (45 miles) · SR-1 North in Bay Area (5 miles)

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More drives

Santa Rosa to Daly City (return trip) · Daly City to San Jose · Daly City to San Francisco · Daly City to Oakland · Daly City to Stockton · Daly City to Fremont

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	56	57	60	62	60	60	59	59	59	60	69	77	70	58	56	56	55
Tue	55	57	61	65	61	59	59	58	59	61	73	86	81	64	57	56	55
Wed	55	57	61	66	60	60	59	59	59	62	74	84	84	64	57	56	55
Thu	55	57	61	66	61	60	59	59	58	62	75	92	86	67	57	56	55
Fri	55	57	59	60	58	59	59	60	63	69	87	93	79	63	58	57	55
Sat	55	55	55	55	56	57	59	62	62	62	64	63	62	62	57	56	56
Sun	55	55	55	55	55	56	58	60	61	62	62	64	65	59	57	56	55

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	56	57	60	62	60	60	59	59	59	60	69	77	70	58	56	56	55
Tue	55	57	61	65	61	59	59	58	59	61	73	86	81	64	57	56	55
Wed	55	57	61	66	60	60	59	59	59	62	74	84	84	64	57	56	55
Thu	55	57	61	66	61	60	59	59	58	62	75	92	86	67	57	56	55
Fri	55	57	59	60	58	59	59	60	63	69	87	93	79	63	58	57	55
Sat	55	55	55	55	56	57	59	62	62	62	64	63	62	62	57	56	56
Sun	55	55	55	55	55	56	58	60	61	62	62	64	65	59	57	56	55

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	56	57	60	62	60	60	59	59	59	60	69	77	70	58	56	56	55
Tue	55	57	61	65	61	59	59	58	59	61	73	86	81	64	57	56	55
Wed	55	57	61	66	60	60	59	59	59	62	74	84	84	64	57	56	55
Thu	55	57	61	66	61	60	59	59	58	62	75	92	86	67	57	56	55
Fri	55	57	59	60	58	59	59	60	63	69	87	93	79	63	58	57	55
Sat	55	55	55	55	56	57	59	62	62	62	64	63	62	62	57	56	56
Sun	55	55	55	55	55	56	58	60	61	62	62	64	65	59	57	56	55