Best Time to Drive from New Bedford to Brockton

Right now (9:06 pm EDT): about 36 minutes via MA-140 North and MA-24 North, usually 36 at this time.

Only 64% 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 New Bedford to Brockton 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	35	37	38	37	37	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	37	35	35	36	36
Tue	35	38	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	35
Wed	35	37	39	39	39	37	36	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	36
Thu	35	37	38	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	35	36	35	36
Fri	35	36	37	36	37	37	36	36	37	37	36	36	36	35	36	36	36
Sat	34	34	34	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	35	35
Sun	35	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36

About this drive

On weekdays the 37-mile drive from New Bedford to Brockton (via MA-140 North and MA-24 North) usually takes as little as 35 minutes and up to 40 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 37 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8 pm on Sundays (36 minutes).

About 32 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (7 to 8 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central New Bedford to central Brockton 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 New Bedford to Brockton?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 am. The drive usually takes about 35 minutes then, versus up to 40 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from New Bedford to Brockton?

The 37-mile drive usually takes 35 to 40 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 37 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from New Bedford to Brockton?

Leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 40 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

MA-24 North in Boston (11 miles)

Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow

More drives

Brockton to New Bedford (return trip) · New Bedford to Boston · New Bedford to South Boston · New Bedford to Worcester · New Bedford to Providence · New Bedford to Fall River · New Bedford to Quincy · New Bedford to Lynn · New Bedford to Newton

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	37	38	37	37	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	37	35	35	36	36
Tue	35	38	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	35
Wed	35	37	39	39	39	37	36	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	36
Thu	35	37	38	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	35	36	35	36
Fri	35	36	37	36	37	37	36	36	37	37	36	36	36	35	36	36	36
Sat	34	34	34	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	35	35
Sun	35	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	37	38	37	37	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	37	35	35	36	36
Tue	35	38	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	35
Wed	35	37	39	39	39	37	36	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	36
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Sat	34	34	34	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	35	35
Sun	35	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	37	38	37	37	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	37	35	35	36	36
Tue	35	38	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	35
Wed	35	37	39	39	39	37	36	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	36
Thu	35	37	38	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	35	36	35	36
Fri	35	36	37	36	37	37	36	36	37	37	36	36	36	35	36	36	36
Sat	34	34	34	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	35	35
Sun	35	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36