Best Time to Drive from Pawtucket to Nashua

Right now (10:05 pm EDT): about 85 minutes via I-495 North, usually 85 at this time.

Only 61% 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 Pawtucket to Nashua 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	88	94	103	104	93	92	91	90	89	91	95	93	90	86	87	88	89
Tue	90	100	117	114	99	91	90	90	89	92	95	95	95	88	87	87	90
Wed	89	99	114	112	102	94	92	90	90	94	99	97	93	88	87	88	91
Thu	89	98	110	109	100	94	91	90	91	98	106	104	99	90	87	88	90
Fri	87	90	93	93	92	94	96	98	101	107	109	103	96	90	87	86	86
Sat	86	84	84	85	85	88	90	91	91	89	88	85	85	86	85	85	85
Sun	86	83	83	82	84	85	86	88	87	85	84	84	85	85	86	88	91

About this drive

On weekdays the 86-mile drive from Pawtucket to Nashua (via I-495 North) usually takes as little as 86 minutes and up to 119 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 5:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 93 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Saturdays (91 minutes).

About 79 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 7 miles surface streets (8 to 13 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Pawtucket to central Nashua 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 Pawtucket to Nashua?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 5:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 86 minutes then, versus up to 119 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Pawtucket to Nashua?

The 86-mile drive usually takes 86 to 119 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 93 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Pawtucket to Nashua?

Leaving around 7:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 119 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-495 North in Boston (66 miles) · I-95 North in Boston (13 miles)

Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow

More drives

Nashua to Pawtucket (return trip) · Pawtucket to Boston · Pawtucket to Lowell · Pawtucket to New Bedford · Pawtucket to Dorchester · Pawtucket to Brockton · Pawtucket to Fall River · Pawtucket to Quincy · Pawtucket to Lynn · Pawtucket 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	88	94	103	104	93	92	91	90	89	91	95	93	90	86	87	88	89
Tue	90	100	117	114	99	91	90	90	89	92	95	95	95	88	87	87	90
Wed	89	99	114	112	102	94	92	90	90	94	99	97	93	88	87	88	91
Thu	89	98	110	109	100	94	91	90	91	98	106	104	99	90	87	88	90
Fri	87	90	93	93	92	94	96	98	101	107	109	103	96	90	87	86	86
Sat	86	84	84	85	85	88	90	91	91	89	88	85	85	86	85	85	85
Sun	86	83	83	82	84	85	86	88	87	85	84	84	85	85	86	88	91

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	88	94	103	104	93	92	91	90	89	91	95	93	90	86	87	88	89
Tue	90	100	117	114	99	91	90	90	89	92	95	95	95	88	87	87	90
Wed	89	99	114	112	102	94	92	90	90	94	99	97	93	88	87	88	91
Thu	89	98	110	109	100	94	91	90	91	98	106	104	99	90	87	88	90
Fri	87	90	93	93	92	94	96	98	101	107	109	103	96	90	87	86	86
Sat	86	84	84	85	85	88	90	91	91	89	88	85	85	86	85	85	85
Sun	86	83	83	82	84	85	86	88	87	85	84	84	85	85	86	88	91

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	88	94	103	104	93	92	91	90	89	91	95	93	90	86	87	88	89
Tue	90	100	117	114	99	91	90	90	89	92	95	95	95	88	87	87	90
Wed	89	99	114	112	102	94	92	90	90	94	99	97	93	88	87	88	91
Thu	89	98	110	109	100	94	91	90	91	98	106	104	99	90	87	88	90
Fri	87	90	93	93	92	94	96	98	101	107	109	103	96	90	87	86	86
Sat	86	84	84	85	85	88	90	91	91	89	88	85	85	86	85	85	85
Sun	86	83	83	82	84	85	86	88	87	85	84	84	85	85	86	88	91