Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Hercules to Sacramento
Right now (2:36 am PST): about 59 minutes via I-80 East.
Only 39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 58 | 60 | 63 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 63 | 60 | 59 | 59 |
| Tue | 58 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 71 | 63 | 60 | 59 | 58 |
| Wed | 58 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 59 |
| Thu | 59 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 77 | 83 | 74 | 65 | 60 | 60 | 59 |
| Fri | 58 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 58 |
| Sat | 59 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 58 |
| Sun | 59 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 58 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 65-mile drive from Hercules to Sacramento (via I-80 East) usually takes as little as 58 minutes and up to 84 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 10 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 67 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (68 minutes).
About 62 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (3 to 6 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Hercules to downtown Sacramento (the Capitol) 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 Hercules to Sacramento?
On weekdays, leave before 10 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 58 minutes then, versus up to 84 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Hercules to Sacramento?
The 65-mile drive usually takes 58 to 84 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 67 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Hercules to Sacramento?
Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 84 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-80 East in Bay Area (36 miles) · I-80 East in Sacramento (21 miles) · US-50 East in Sacramento (3 miles) · I-5 North in Sacramento (1 mile)
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