Best Time to Drive from Lowell to Warwick

Right now (8:48 pm EDT): about 79 minutes via I-95 South, usually 83 at this time.

Only 70% 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 Lowell to Warwick 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	78	81	91	98	92	84	83	84	84	94	106	110	103	87	80	80	83
Tue	78	83	101	110	103	89	84	83	85	97	116	123	117	96	81	81	83
Wed	78	82	96	107	102	90	85	85	86	101	119	124	119	96	83	81	83
Thu	79	82	95	104	99	88	85	84	87	103	123	127	123	102	83	81	83
Fri	78	79	86	87	84	84	85	88	95	112	126	118	107	92	81	80	80
Sat	78	76	77	77	77	79	84	85	87	88	87	87	85	82	80	80	79
Sun	78	76	75	76	77	79	81	83	85	83	82	82	82	81	79	81	81

About this drive

On weekdays the 81-mile drive from Lowell to Warwick (via I-95 South) usually takes as little as 78 minutes and up to 129 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 88 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (88 minutes).

About 72 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 9 miles surface streets (12 to 23 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Lowell to central Warwick 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 Warwick?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 78 minutes then, versus up to 129 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Lowell to Warwick?

The 81-mile drive usually takes 78 to 129 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 88 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Lowell to Warwick?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 129 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-95 South in Boston (36 miles) · US-3 South in Boston (11 miles)

Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow

More drives

Warwick to Lowell (return trip) · Lowell to Boston · Lowell to Cambridge · Lowell to Quincy · Lowell to Newton · Lowell to Waltham · Lowell to Framingham · Lowell to Worcester · Lowell to Burlington MA · Lowell to Woburn · Lowell to Braintree · Lowell to Dedham

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	81	91	98	92	84	83	84	84	94	106	110	103	87	80	80	83
Tue	78	83	101	110	103	89	84	83	85	97	116	123	117	96	81	81	83
Wed	78	82	96	107	102	90	85	85	86	101	119	124	119	96	83	81	83
Thu	79	82	95	104	99	88	85	84	87	103	123	127	123	102	83	81	83
Fri	78	79	86	87	84	84	85	88	95	112	126	118	107	92	81	80	80
Sat	78	76	77	77	77	79	84	85	87	88	87	87	85	82	80	80	79
Sun	78	76	75	76	77	79	81	83	85	83	82	82	82	81	79	81	81

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	81	91	98	92	84	83	84	84	94	106	110	103	87	80	80	83
Tue	78	83	101	110	103	89	84	83	85	97	116	123	117	96	81	81	83
Wed	78	82	96	107	102	90	85	85	86	101	119	124	119	96	83	81	83
Thu	79	82	95	104	99	88	85	84	87	103	123	127	123	102	83	81	83
Fri	78	79	86	87	84	84	85	88	95	112	126	118	107	92	81	80	80
Sat	78	76	77	77	77	79	84	85	87	88	87	87	85	82	80	80	79
Sun	78	76	75	76	77	79	81	83	85	83	82	82	82	81	79	81	81

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	81	91	98	92	84	83	84	84	94	106	110	103	87	80	80	83
Tue	78	83	101	110	103	89	84	83	85	97	116	123	117	96	81	81	83
Wed	78	82	96	107	102	90	85	85	86	101	119	124	119	96	83	81	83
Thu	79	82	95	104	99	88	85	84	87	103	123	127	123	102	83	81	83
Fri	78	79	86	87	84	84	85	88	95	112	126	118	107	92	81	80	80
Sat	78	76	77	77	77	79	84	85	87	88	87	87	85	82	80	80	79
Sun	78	76	75	76	77	79	81	83	85	83	82	82	82	81	79	81	81