Best Time to Drive from Fresno to Selma
Right now (7:35 pm PDT): about 17 minutes via SR-99 South, usually 17 at this time.
Only 62% 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 |
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| Mon | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Tue | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Wed | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Thu | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Fri | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Sat | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Sun | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 17-mile drive from Fresno to Selma (via SR-99 South) usually takes as little as 16 minutes and up to 19 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 10:30 am or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 18 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 10:30 am on Saturdays (17 minutes).
About 16 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.6 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 Fresno to central Selma 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 Selma?
On weekdays, leave before 10:30 am or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 16 minutes then, versus up to 19 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Fresno to Selma?
The 17-mile drive usually takes 16 to 19 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 18 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Fresno to Selma?
Leaving around 5:30 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 19 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-99 South in Fresno (13 miles) · SR-41 South in Fresno (3 miles)
Fresno traffic right now · Fresno traffic tomorrow
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