Best Time to Drive from Daly City to Walnut Creek

Right now (6:49 pm PDT): about 40 minutes via SR-24 East, usually 35 at this time.

Only 69% 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 Walnut Creek 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	31	33	39	41	40	34	33	33	33	35	41	42	42	37	34	33	31
Tue	30	33	39	47	45	36	34	34	33	35	42	51	52	43	34	33	31
Wed	30	32	39	45	45	36	33	33	33	36	44	53	55	45	36	33	31
Thu	30	32	37	46	44	37	34	34	34	36	44	52	54	45	35	33	31
Fri	30	32	32	37	36	34	35	35	35	41	47	53	50	40	34	32	30
Sat	30	31	34	33	34	35	37	38	36	36	37	37	37	35	35	34	31
Sun	30	30	30	33	34	35	36	39	38	38	37	37	36	37	38	36	31

About this drive

On weekdays the 31-mile drive from Daly City to Walnut Creek (via SR-24 East) usually takes as little as 30 minutes and up to 55 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 34 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12 pm on Sundays (39 minutes).

About 28 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (5 to 9 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 Walnut Creek 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 Walnut Creek?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 30 minutes then, versus up to 55 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Daly City to Walnut Creek?

The 31-mile drive usually takes 30 to 55 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 34 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Daly City to Walnut Creek?

Leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 55 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-24 East in Bay Area (13 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) · I-580 West in Bay Area (1.8 miles)

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	31	33	39	41	40	34	33	33	33	35	41	42	42	37	34	33	31
Tue	30	33	39	47	45	36	34	34	33	35	42	51	52	43	34	33	31
Wed	30	32	39	45	45	36	33	33	33	36	44	53	55	45	36	33	31
Thu	30	32	37	46	44	37	34	34	34	36	44	52	54	45	35	33	31
Fri	30	32	32	37	36	34	35	35	35	41	47	53	50	40	34	32	30
Sat	30	31	34	33	34	35	37	38	36	36	37	37	37	35	35	34	31
Sun	30	30	30	33	34	35	36	39	38	38	37	37	36	37	38	36	31

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	31	33	39	41	40	34	33	33	33	35	41	42	42	37	34	33	31
Tue	30	33	39	47	45	36	34	34	33	35	42	51	52	43	34	33	31
Wed	30	32	39	45	45	36	33	33	33	36	44	53	55	45	36	33	31
Thu	30	32	37	46	44	37	34	34	34	36	44	52	54	45	35	33	31
Fri	30	32	32	37	36	34	35	35	35	41	47	53	50	40	34	32	30
Sat	30	31	34	33	34	35	37	38	36	36	37	37	37	35	35	34	31
Sun	30	30	30	33	34	35	36	39	38	38	37	37	36	37	38	36	31

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	31	33	39	41	40	34	33	33	33	35	41	42	42	37	34	33	31
Tue	30	33	39	47	45	36	34	34	33	35	42	51	52	43	34	33	31
Wed	30	32	39	45	45	36	33	33	33	36	44	53	55	45	36	33	31
Thu	30	32	37	46	44	37	34	34	34	36	44	52	54	45	35	33	31
Fri	30	32	32	37	36	34	35	35	35	41	47	53	50	40	34	32	30
Sat	30	31	34	33	34	35	37	38	36	36	37	37	37	35	35	34	31
Sun	30	30	30	33	34	35	36	39	38	38	37	37	36	37	38	36	31