Best Time to Drive from Millbrae to Stockton

Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 84 minutes via I-580 West and SR-92 East, usually 87 at this time.

Only 13% 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 Millbrae to Stockton 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	80	135	135	124	96	89	88	87	88	90	102	101	101	93	85	84	82
Tue	80	135	133	119	99	91	88	86	86	92	100	99	104	99	88	82	80
Wed	80	141	139	130	102	92	87	87	87	94	102	104	104	101	90	82	80
Thu	80	136	134	122	94	89	87	86	88	91	101	101	107	99	89	85	81
Fri	80	140	110	95	93	88	87	88	90	97	100	100	97	92	85	81	80
Sat	80	81	83	82	82	83	84	85	86	86	88	88	89	86	84	83	81
Sun	80	80	80	81	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	105	112	93	86	86	80

About this drive

On weekdays the 81-mile drive from Millbrae to Stockton (via I-580 West and SR-92 East) usually takes as little as 80 minutes and up to 141 minutes, when leaving around 6 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 88 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5 pm on Sundays (112 minutes).

About 57 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 24 miles surface streets (12 to 31 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Millbrae 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 Millbrae to Stockton?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 80 minutes then, versus up to 141 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Millbrae to Stockton?

The 81-mile drive usually takes 80 to 141 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 88 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Millbrae to Stockton?

Leaving around 6 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 141 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-580 West in Bay Area (36 miles) · SR-92 East in Bay Area (14 miles) · US-101 South in Bay Area (6 miles)

Bay Area traffic right now · Bay Area traffic tomorrow

More drives

Stockton to Millbrae (return trip) · Millbrae to Santa Rosa

Open the live traffic map →

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	80	135	135	124	96	89	88	87	88	90	102	101	101	93	85	84	82
Tue	80	135	133	119	99	91	88	86	86	92	100	99	104	99	88	82	80
Wed	80	141	139	130	102	92	87	87	87	94	102	104	104	101	90	82	80
Thu	80	136	134	122	94	89	87	86	88	91	101	101	107	99	89	85	81
Fri	80	140	110	95	93	88	87	88	90	97	100	100	97	92	85	81	80
Sat	80	81	83	82	82	83	84	85	86	86	88	88	89	86	84	83	81
Sun	80	80	80	81	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	105	112	93	86	86	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	80	135	135	124	96	89	88	87	88	90	102	101	101	93	85	84	82
Tue	80	135	133	119	99	91	88	86	86	92	100	99	104	99	88	82	80
Wed	80	141	139	130	102	92	87	87	87	94	102	104	104	101	90	82	80
Thu	80	136	134	122	94	89	87	86	88	91	101	101	107	99	89	85	81
Fri	80	140	110	95	93	88	87	88	90	97	100	100	97	92	85	81	80
Sat	80	81	83	82	82	83	84	85	86	86	88	88	89	86	84	83	81
Sun	80	80	80	81	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	105	112	93	86	86	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	80	135	135	124	96	89	88	87	88	90	102	101	101	93	85	84	82
Tue	80	135	133	119	99	91	88	86	86	92	100	99	104	99	88	82	80
Wed	80	141	139	130	102	92	87	87	87	94	102	104	104	101	90	82	80
Thu	80	136	134	122	94	89	87	86	88	91	101	101	107	99	89	85	81
Fri	80	140	110	95	93	88	87	88	90	97	100	100	97	92	85	81	80
Sat	80	81	83	82	82	83	84	85	86	86	88	88	89	86	84	83	81
Sun	80	80	80	81	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	105	112	93	86	86	80