Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Fresno to Madera
Right now (6:34 pm PDT): about 30 minutes via SR-99 North, usually 27 at this time.
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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| Tue | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| Wed | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| Thu | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Fri | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
| Sat | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Sun | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 25-mile drive from Fresno to Madera (via SR-99 North) usually takes as little as 22 minutes and up to 34 minutes, when leaving around 5 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 25 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8:30 pm on Sundays (25 minutes).
About 24 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 0.9 miles surface streets (about 1 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Fresno to central Madera 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 Fresno to Madera?
On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 22 minutes then, versus up to 34 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Fresno to Madera?
The 25-mile drive usually takes 22 to 34 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 25 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Fresno to Madera?
Leaving around 5 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 34 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-99 North in Fresno (21 miles) · SR-180 West in Fresno (1.9 miles) · SR-41 North in Fresno (1.6 miles)
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