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Best Time to Drive from Newark to Melville

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Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Newark to Melville by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave5am6am7am8am9am10am11am12pm1pm2pm3pm4pm5pm6pm7pm8pm9pm
Mon10216317519417617215714814413714615014813712010399
Tue108146172174174173164151141140137154155142115108111
Wed104147163175177170151137141146142155164143124115101
Thu106150158182176175165145149144159178188160145125118
Fri98141170167170169165150148154163174169169157141114
Sat9493102105116145158159161168172179174167163160149
Sun979210096100129154163168176177180172171177159153

About this drive

On weekdays the 51-mile drive from Newark to Melville (via I-95 East and I-295 South) usually takes as little as 98 minutes and up to 194 minutes, when leaving around 8 am on Mondays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 148 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Sundays (180 minutes).

About 27 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 25 miles surface streets (32 to 85 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Newark to central Melville 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 Newark to Melville?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 98 minutes then, versus up to 194 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Newark to Melville?

The 51-mile drive usually takes 98 to 194 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 148 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Newark to Melville?

Leaving around 8 am on Mondays is usually slowest, about 194 minutes.

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