Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Napa to Sacramento
Right now (6:17 pm PDT): about 60 minutes via I-80 East, usually 58 at this time.
Only 58% 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 | 56 | 59 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 62 | 62 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 57 |
| Tue | 56 | 59 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 56 |
| Wed | 56 | 59 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 57 | 57 | 56 |
| Thu | 56 | 59 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 57 | 56 | 56 |
| Fri | 56 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 57 | 56 |
| Sat | 57 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 56 |
| Sun | 57 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 56 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 60-mile drive from Napa to Sacramento (via I-80 East) usually takes as little as 56 minutes and up to 70 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 67 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Saturdays (64 minutes).
About 51 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 8 miles surface streets (11 to 21 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Napa to downtown Sacramento (the Capitol) 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 Napa to Sacramento?
On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 56 minutes then, versus up to 70 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Napa to Sacramento?
The 60-mile drive usually takes 56 to 70 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 67 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Napa to Sacramento?
Leaving around 8:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 70 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-80 East in Sacramento (21 miles) · I-80 East in Bay Area (20 miles) · SR-12 East in Bay Area (6 miles) · US-50 East in Sacramento (3 miles) · I-5 North in Sacramento (1 mile)
Bay Area traffic right now · Bay Area traffic tomorrow · Sacramento traffic right now · Sacramento traffic tomorrow
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