Best Time to Drive from Peabody to New Bedford

Right now (9:20 pm EDT): about 90 minutes via I-93 South and MA-24 South, usually 81 at this time.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Peabody to New Bedford 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	76	83	109	117	106	95	89	92	96	119	134	125	113	97	81	80	81
Tue	76	85	124	137	123	105	92	88	92	123	147	141	129	110	85	82	81
Wed	76	84	117	133	124	103	93	90	93	126	150	143	133	112	88	83	83
Thu	77	83	114	128	118	101	95	90	96	130	155	147	134	116	91	85	84
Fri	76	80	96	103	95	92	94	95	108	139	145	136	118	100	88	83	80
Sat	75	74	75	77	79	88	94	97	100	101	101	99	93	91	87	84	80
Sun	76	73	73	74	75	80	87	92	94	95	93	91	89	87	86	82	82

About this drive

On weekdays the 82-mile drive from Peabody to New Bedford (via I-93 South and MA-24 South) usually takes as little as 76 minutes and up to 155 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 100 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (103 minutes).

About 81 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.7 miles surface streets (2 to 4 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Peabody to central New Bedford 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 Peabody to New Bedford?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 76 minutes then, versus up to 155 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Peabody to New Bedford?

The 82-mile drive usually takes 76 to 155 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 100 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Peabody to New Bedford?

Leaving around 3 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 155 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-93 South in Boston (32 miles) · I-95 South in Boston (6 miles)

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More drives

New Bedford to Peabody (return trip) · Peabody to Boston · Peabody to Cambridge · Peabody to Quincy · Peabody to Newton · Peabody to Waltham · Peabody to Framingham · Peabody to Worcester · Peabody to Lowell · Peabody to Burlington MA · Peabody to Woburn · Peabody to Braintree

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	83	109	117	106	95	89	92	96	119	134	125	113	97	81	80	81
Tue	76	85	124	137	123	105	92	88	92	123	147	141	129	110	85	82	81
Wed	76	84	117	133	124	103	93	90	93	126	150	143	133	112	88	83	83
Thu	77	83	114	128	118	101	95	90	96	130	155	147	134	116	91	85	84
Fri	76	80	96	103	95	92	94	95	108	139	145	136	118	100	88	83	80
Sat	75	74	75	77	79	88	94	97	100	101	101	99	93	91	87	84	80
Sun	76	73	73	74	75	80	87	92	94	95	93	91	89	87	86	82	82

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	83	109	117	106	95	89	92	96	119	134	125	113	97	81	80	81
Tue	76	85	124	137	123	105	92	88	92	123	147	141	129	110	85	82	81
Wed	76	84	117	133	124	103	93	90	93	126	150	143	133	112	88	83	83
Thu	77	83	114	128	118	101	95	90	96	130	155	147	134	116	91	85	84
Fri	76	80	96	103	95	92	94	95	108	139	145	136	118	100	88	83	80
Sat	75	74	75	77	79	88	94	97	100	101	101	99	93	91	87	84	80
Sun	76	73	73	74	75	80	87	92	94	95	93	91	89	87	86	82	82

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	83	109	117	106	95	89	92	96	119	134	125	113	97	81	80	81
Tue	76	85	124	137	123	105	92	88	92	123	147	141	129	110	85	82	81
Wed	76	84	117	133	124	103	93	90	93	126	150	143	133	112	88	83	83
Thu	77	83	114	128	118	101	95	90	96	130	155	147	134	116	91	85	84
Fri	76	80	96	103	95	92	94	95	108	139	145	136	118	100	88	83	80
Sat	75	74	75	77	79	88	94	97	100	101	101	99	93	91	87	84	80
Sun	76	73	73	74	75	80	87	92	94	95	93	91	89	87	86	82	82