Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Lafayette to Santa Rosa
Right now (4:50 pm PST): about 72 minutes via US-101 North, usually 69 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 | 62 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 64 | 63 | 62 |
| Tue | 61 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 63 | 62 |
| Wed | 61 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 74 | 65 | 62 | 61 |
| Thu | 61 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 86 | 74 | 65 | 63 | 62 |
| Fri | 61 | 63 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 80 | 91 | 92 | 87 | 77 | 67 | 63 | 61 |
| Sat | 61 | 62 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 62 |
| Sun | 62 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 62 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 69-mile drive from Lafayette to Santa Rosa (via US-101 North) usually takes as little as 61 minutes and up to 92 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 67 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Sundays (71 minutes).
About 67 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.8 miles surface streets (2 to 4 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Lafayette to central Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 61 minutes then, versus up to 92 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Lafayette to Santa Rosa?
The 69-mile drive usually takes 61 to 92 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 67 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Lafayette to Santa Rosa?
Leaving around 4 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 92 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
US-101 North in Bay Area (35 miles) · SR-24 West in Bay Area (11 miles) · I-80 East in Bay Area (10 miles) · I-580 East in Bay Area (9 miles)
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