Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Lowell to Malden
Right now (6:20 pm EST): about 38 minutes via US-3 South and I-93 South, usually 28 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 | 23 | 28 | 40 | 46 | 37 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 27 |
| Tue | 23 | 30 | 52 | 61 | 49 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 27 |
| Wed | 23 | 29 | 44 | 57 | 49 | 34 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 27 | 25 | 27 |
| Thu | 23 | 28 | 45 | 53 | 43 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 27 |
| Fri | 23 | 26 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 25 |
| Sat | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| Sun | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 26-mile drive from Lowell to Malden (via US-3 South and I-93 South) usually takes as little as 23 minutes and up to 61 minutes, when leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 27 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (30 minutes).
About 26 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 0.6 miles surface streets (about 1 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Lowell to central Malden 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 Lowell to Malden?
On weekdays, leave before 6 am. The drive usually takes about 23 minutes then, versus up to 61 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Lowell to Malden?
The 26-mile drive usually takes 23 to 61 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 27 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Lowell to Malden?
Leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 61 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
US-3 South in Boston (12 miles) · I-93 South in Boston (10 miles) · I-95 North in Boston (3 miles)
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