Best Time to Drive from Queens to White Plains

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 Queens to White Plains 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	42	47	65	69	59	57	65	58	61	67	63	66	62	58	55	51	51
Tue	43	47	64	72	66	59	54	57	58	69	60	66	66	64	61	54	49
Wed	47	56	66	67	62	61	53	64	61	64	74	72	69	66	61	56	49
Thu	50	52	64	72	72	57	61	60	54	62	71	74	65	63	57	55	48
Fri	43	50	62	61	58	58	60	60	65	74	99	102	85	76	69	59	55
Sat	42	44	48	50	52	57	65	58	57	57	59	60	57	58	58	57	53
Sun	41	43	43	44	46	49	53	52	57	61	58	59	59	57	56	57	54

About this drive

On weekdays the 31-mile drive from Queens to White Plains (via Hutchinson River Pkwy North and I-678 North) usually takes as little as 42 minutes and up to 110 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 62 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11 am on Saturdays (65 minutes).

About 20 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (18 to 52 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Queens to central White Plains 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 Queens to White Plains?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 42 minutes then, versus up to 110 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Queens to White Plains?

The 31-mile drive usually takes 42 to 110 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 62 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Queens to White Plains?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 110 minutes.

More drives

White Plains to Queens (return trip) · Queens to Yonkers · Queens to Washington Heights · Queens to Paterson · Queens to Clifton · Queens to New Rochelle · Queens to Passaic · Queens to Mount Vernon · Queens to Bayside · Queens to Wayne · Queens to Perth Amboy · Queens to Hackensack

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	42	47	65	69	59	57	65	58	61	67	63	66	62	58	55	51	51
Tue	43	47	64	72	66	59	54	57	58	69	60	66	66	64	61	54	49
Wed	47	56	66	67	62	61	53	64	61	64	74	72	69	66	61	56	49
Thu	50	52	64	72	72	57	61	60	54	62	71	74	65	63	57	55	48
Fri	43	50	62	61	58	58	60	60	65	74	99	102	85	76	69	59	55
Sat	42	44	48	50	52	57	65	58	57	57	59	60	57	58	58	57	53
Sun	41	43	43	44	46	49	53	52	57	61	58	59	59	57	56	57	54

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	42	47	65	69	59	57	65	58	61	67	63	66	62	58	55	51	51
Tue	43	47	64	72	66	59	54	57	58	69	60	66	66	64	61	54	49
Wed	47	56	66	67	62	61	53	64	61	64	74	72	69	66	61	56	49
Thu	50	52	64	72	72	57	61	60	54	62	71	74	65	63	57	55	48
Fri	43	50	62	61	58	58	60	60	65	74	99	102	85	76	69	59	55
Sat	42	44	48	50	52	57	65	58	57	57	59	60	57	58	58	57	53
Sun	41	43	43	44	46	49	53	52	57	61	58	59	59	57	56	57	54

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	42	47	65	69	59	57	65	58	61	67	63	66	62	58	55	51	51
Tue	43	47	64	72	66	59	54	57	58	69	60	66	66	64	61	54	49
Wed	47	56	66	67	62	61	53	64	61	64	74	72	69	66	61	56	49
Thu	50	52	64	72	72	57	61	60	54	62	71	74	65	63	57	55	48
Fri	43	50	62	61	58	58	60	60	65	74	99	102	85	76	69	59	55
Sat	42	44	48	50	52	57	65	58	57	57	59	60	57	58	58	57	53
Sun	41	43	43	44	46	49	53	52	57	61	58	59	59	57	56	57	54