Best Time to Drive from Oceanside to Manhattan

None 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 Oceanside to Manhattan 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	52	90	110	107	103	84	86	85	99	104	113	108	102	98	81	66	66
Tue	50	100	128	120	119	106	88	97	92	109	107	101	93	87	90	77	74
Wed	52	91	110	112	112	92	85	87	92	103	110	104	103	87	81	73	75
Thu	55	91	110	110	100	98	101	94	95	107	105	106	100	92	88	75	70
Fri	59	92	115	109	106	86	99	99	113	116	120	111	114	106	96	79	85
Sat	58	48	51	58	66	68	75	74	78	86	94	98	95	98	103	107	93
Sun	85	57	50	54	51	57	61	65	80	84	98	102	104	98	101	104	91

About this drive

On weekdays the 26-mile drive from Oceanside to Manhattan (via Belt Pkwy West and I-495 West and I-678 North) usually takes as little as 50 minutes and up to 128 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 98 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (109 minutes).

About 14 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 12 miles surface streets (26 to 63 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Oceanside to central Manhattan 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 Oceanside to Manhattan?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 50 minutes then, versus up to 128 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Oceanside to Manhattan?

The 26-mile drive usually takes 50 to 128 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 98 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Oceanside to Manhattan?

Leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 128 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	52	90	110	107	103	84	86	85	99	104	113	108	102	98	81	66	66
Tue	50	100	128	120	119	106	88	97	92	109	107	101	93	87	90	77	74
Wed	52	91	110	112	112	92	85	87	92	103	110	104	103	87	81	73	75
Thu	55	91	110	110	100	98	101	94	95	107	105	106	100	92	88	75	70
Fri	59	92	115	109	106	86	99	99	113	116	120	111	114	106	96	79	85
Sat	58	48	51	58	66	68	75	74	78	86	94	98	95	98	103	107	93
Sun	85	57	50	54	51	57	61	65	80	84	98	102	104	98	101	104	91

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	52	90	110	107	103	84	86	85	99	104	113	108	102	98	81	66	66
Tue	50	100	128	120	119	106	88	97	92	109	107	101	93	87	90	77	74
Wed	52	91	110	112	112	92	85	87	92	103	110	104	103	87	81	73	75
Thu	55	91	110	110	100	98	101	94	95	107	105	106	100	92	88	75	70
Fri	59	92	115	109	106	86	99	99	113	116	120	111	114	106	96	79	85
Sat	58	48	51	58	66	68	75	74	78	86	94	98	95	98	103	107	93
Sun	85	57	50	54	51	57	61	65	80	84	98	102	104	98	101	104	91

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	52	90	110	107	103	84	86	85	99	104	113	108	102	98	81	66	66
Tue	50	100	128	120	119	106	88	97	92	109	107	101	93	87	90	77	74
Wed	52	91	110	112	112	92	85	87	92	103	110	104	103	87	81	73	75
Thu	55	91	110	110	100	98	101	94	95	107	105	106	100	92	88	75	70
Fri	59	92	115	109	106	86	99	99	113	116	120	111	114	106	96	79	85
Sat	58	48	51	58	66	68	75	74	78	86	94	98	95	98	103	107	93
Sun	85	57	50	54	51	57	61	65	80	84	98	102	104	98	101	104	91