Best Time to Drive from Newton to Barnstable

Right now (8:51 pm EST): about 72 minutes via MA-3 South, usually 76 at this time.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Newton to Barnstable 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	72	74	80	81	82	81	81	82	82	84	93	96	94	81	74	75	75
Tue	72	74	86	86	86	81	81	81	80	85	98	107	105	93	78	76	76
Wed	73	74	85	87	86	82	83	82	81	87	100	107	108	95	79	75	77
Thu	73	75	87	84	85	83	85	87	89	94	110	117	114	98	82	77	78
Fri	72	74	80	82	84	86	92	95	98	105	115	117	105	92	82	77	74
Sat	72	71	73	76	83	89	94	93	92	92	90	88	83	77	75	75	74
Sun	73	71	70	70	71	73	77	78	78	78	76	75	75	75	74	75	74

About this drive

On weekdays the 79-mile drive from Newton to Barnstable (via MA-3 South) usually takes as little as 72 minutes and up to 118 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 87 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11:30 am on Saturdays (94 minutes).

About 75 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (5 to 11 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Newton to central Barnstable 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 Newton to Barnstable?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 72 minutes then, versus up to 118 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Newton to Barnstable?

The 79-mile drive usually takes 72 to 118 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 87 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Newton to Barnstable?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 118 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

MA-3 South in Boston (26 miles) · I-95 South in Boston (12 miles) · I-93 North in Boston (5 miles)

Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow

More drives

Barnstable to Newton (return trip) · Newton to Boston · Newton to Cambridge · Newton to Quincy · Newton to Framingham · Newton to Worcester · Newton to Lowell · Newton to Burlington MA · Newton to Woburn · Newton to Braintree · Newton to Peabody · Newton to Andover

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	72	74	80	81	82	81	81	82	82	84	93	96	94	81	74	75	75
Tue	72	74	86	86	86	81	81	81	80	85	98	107	105	93	78	76	76
Wed	73	74	85	87	86	82	83	82	81	87	100	107	108	95	79	75	77
Thu	73	75	87	84	85	83	85	87	89	94	110	117	114	98	82	77	78
Fri	72	74	80	82	84	86	92	95	98	105	115	117	105	92	82	77	74
Sat	72	71	73	76	83	89	94	93	92	92	90	88	83	77	75	75	74
Sun	73	71	70	70	71	73	77	78	78	78	76	75	75	75	74	75	74

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	72	74	80	81	82	81	81	82	82	84	93	96	94	81	74	75	75
Tue	72	74	86	86	86	81	81	81	80	85	98	107	105	93	78	76	76
Wed	73	74	85	87	86	82	83	82	81	87	100	107	108	95	79	75	77
Thu	73	75	87	84	85	83	85	87	89	94	110	117	114	98	82	77	78
Fri	72	74	80	82	84	86	92	95	98	105	115	117	105	92	82	77	74
Sat	72	71	73	76	83	89	94	93	92	92	90	88	83	77	75	75	74
Sun	73	71	70	70	71	73	77	78	78	78	76	75	75	75	74	75	74

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	72	74	80	81	82	81	81	82	82	84	93	96	94	81	74	75	75
Tue	72	74	86	86	86	81	81	81	80	85	98	107	105	93	78	76	76
Wed	73	74	85	87	86	82	83	82	81	87	100	107	108	95	79	75	77
Thu	73	75	87	84	85	83	85	87	89	94	110	117	114	98	82	77	78
Fri	72	74	80	82	84	86	92	95	98	105	115	117	105	92	82	77	74
Sat	72	71	73	76	83	89	94	93	92	92	90	88	83	77	75	75	74
Sun	73	71	70	70	71	73	77	78	78	78	76	75	75	75	74	75	74