Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Menlo Park to Stockton
Right now (5:51 pm PDT): about 189 minutes via I-580 West and SR-84 North, usually 126 at this time.
Only 21% 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 | 99 | 187 | 196 | 137 | 112 | 108 | 105 | 105 | 102 | 104 | 120 | 122 | 136 | 128 | 102 | 100 | 98 |
| Tue | 98 | 188 | 190 | 162 | 131 | 115 | 106 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 110 | 119 | 122 | 125 | 105 | 100 | 99 |
| Wed | 99 | 190 | 196 | 185 | 136 | 114 | 105 | 104 | 104 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 131 | 127 | 113 | 106 | 99 |
| Thu | 99 | 189 | 193 | 155 | 119 | 107 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 109 | 111 | 127 | 129 | 125 | 114 | 115 | 99 |
| Fri | 100 | 193 | 150 | 124 | 117 | 104 | 103 | 105 | 114 | 128 | 119 | 120 | 114 | 103 | 102 | 100 | 99 |
| Sat | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 103 | 102 | 100 | 105 | 101 | 100 | 99 | 99 |
| Sun | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 102 | 150 | 178 | 126 | 100 | 100 | 98 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 79-mile drive from Menlo Park to Stockton (via I-580 West and SR-84 North) usually takes as little as 98 minutes and up to 202 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 106 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5 pm on Sundays (178 minutes).
About 32 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 47 miles surface streets (52 to 117 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Menlo Park to central Stockton 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 Menlo Park to Stockton?
On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 98 minutes then, versus up to 202 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Menlo Park to Stockton?
The 79-mile drive usually takes 98 to 202 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 106 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Menlo Park to Stockton?
Leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 202 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-580 West in Bay Area (19 miles) · SR-84 North in Bay Area (9 miles) · I-680 North in Bay Area (3 miles)
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