Best Time to Drive from Lafayette to Oakland

Right now (5:51 pm PDT): about 18 minutes via SR-24 West, usually 17 at this time.

About this drive

On weekdays the 14-mile drive from Lafayette to Oakland (via SR-24 West) usually takes as little as 13 minutes and up to 20 minutes, when leaving around 9 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 15 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Sundays (18 minutes).

About 12 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.9 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 Lafayette to downtown Oakland 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 Lafayette to Oakland?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 13 minutes then, versus up to 20 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Lafayette to Oakland?

The 14-mile drive usually takes 13 to 20 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 15 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Lafayette to Oakland?

Leaving around 9 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 20 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-24 West in Bay Area (11 miles)

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