Best Time to Drive from Palo Alto to Pittsburg

Right now (12:51 am PDT): about 65 minutes via I-680 North.

About this drive

On weekdays the 71-mile drive from Palo Alto to Pittsburg (via I-680 North) usually takes as little as 64 minutes and up to 124 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 74 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (71 minutes).

About 69 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (3 to 7 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Palo Alto to central Pittsburg 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 Palo Alto to Pittsburg?

On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 64 minutes then, versus up to 124 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Palo Alto to Pittsburg?

The 71-mile drive usually takes 64 to 124 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 74 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Palo Alto to Pittsburg?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 124 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-680 North in Bay Area (40 miles) · SR-4 East in Bay Area (9 miles) · US-101 South in Bay Area (8 miles) · I-880 North in Bay Area (6 miles) · SR-237 East in Bay Area (5 miles)

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