Best Time to Drive from Fresno to Visalia

Right now (7:35 pm PDT): about 41 minutes via SR-99 South, usually 41 at this time.

Only 59% 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 Fresno to Visalia 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	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	43	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	40
Tue	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	43	42	42	41	40
Wed	39	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	40
Thu	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	41	41	40
Fri	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	40
Sat	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40
Sun	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	41	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	40	39

About this drive

On weekdays the 44-mile drive from Fresno to Visalia (via SR-99 South) usually takes as little as 39 minutes and up to 44 minutes, when leaving around 2 pm on Mondays. The fastest times to leave are before 10 am or after 2:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 43 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 10:30 am on Saturdays (42 minutes).

About 42 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.9 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 Visalia 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 Visalia?

On weekdays, leave before 10 am or after 2:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 39 minutes then, versus up to 44 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Fresno to Visalia?

The 44-mile drive usually takes 39 to 44 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 43 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Fresno to Visalia?

Leaving around 2 pm on Mondays is usually slowest, about 44 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-99 South in Fresno (14 miles) · SR-41 South in Fresno (3 miles)

Fresno traffic right now · Fresno traffic tomorrow

More drives

Visalia to Fresno (return trip) · Fresno to Clovis · Fresno to Tulare · Fresno to Porterville · Fresno to Hanford · Fresno to Reedley · Fresno to Sanger · Fresno to Selma · Fresno to Dinuba · Fresno to Parlier

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	43	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	40
Tue	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	43	42	42	41	40
Wed	39	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	40
Thu	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	41	41	40
Fri	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	40
Sat	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40
Sun	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	41	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	40	39

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	43	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	40
Tue	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	43	42	42	41	40
Wed	39	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	40
Thu	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	41	41	40
Fri	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	40
Sat	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40
Sun	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	41	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	40	39

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	43	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	40
Tue	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	43	42	42	41	40
Wed	39	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	40
Thu	39	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	41	41	40
Fri	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	40
Sat	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40
Sun	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	41	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	40	39