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	43	49	64	73	59	61	68	65	64	68	64	67	66	63	59	52	49
Tue	48	50	64	72	80	68	66	66	64	70	65	69	67	63	62	55	50
Wed	48	55	65	69	62	59	53	66	63	65	76	73	71	67	63	59	51
Thu	52	54	65	72	76	59	64	62	63	64	74	79	75	70	65	63	52
Fri	45	52	63	52	70	53	70	75	74	82	93	96	85	83	72	67	60
Sat	48	43	49	54	57	61	69	57	61	64	63	67	65	62	61	62	57
Sun	43	45	47	45	48	53	54	56	62	64	63	67	66	62	61	63	55

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 43 minutes and up to 96 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 66 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11 am on Saturdays (69 minutes).

About 20 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (19 to 46 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 43 minutes then, versus up to 96 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 31-mile drive usually takes 43 to 96 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 66 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Queens to White Plains?

Leaving around 4 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 96 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	43	49	64	73	59	61	68	65	64	68	64	67	66	63	59	52	49
Tue	48	50	64	72	80	68	66	66	64	70	65	69	67	63	62	55	50
Wed	48	55	65	69	62	59	53	66	63	65	76	73	71	67	63	59	51
Thu	52	54	65	72	76	59	64	62	63	64	74	79	75	70	65	63	52
Fri	45	52	63	52	70	53	70	75	74	82	93	96	85	83	72	67	60
Sat	48	43	49	54	57	61	69	57	61	64	63	67	65	62	61	62	57
Sun	43	45	47	45	48	53	54	56	62	64	63	67	66	62	61	63	55

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	49	64	73	59	61	68	65	64	68	64	67	66	63	59	52	49
Tue	48	50	64	72	80	68	66	66	64	70	65	69	67	63	62	55	50
Wed	48	55	65	69	62	59	53	66	63	65	76	73	71	67	63	59	51
Thu	52	54	65	72	76	59	64	62	63	64	74	79	75	70	65	63	52
Fri	45	52	63	52	70	53	70	75	74	82	93	96	85	83	72	67	60
Sat	48	43	49	54	57	61	69	57	61	64	63	67	65	62	61	62	57
Sun	43	45	47	45	48	53	54	56	62	64	63	67	66	62	61	63	55

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	49	64	73	59	61	68	65	64	68	64	67	66	63	59	52	49
Tue	48	50	64	72	80	68	66	66	64	70	65	69	67	63	62	55	50
Wed	48	55	65	69	62	59	53	66	63	65	76	73	71	67	63	59	51
Thu	52	54	65	72	76	59	64	62	63	64	74	79	75	70	65	63	52
Fri	45	52	63	52	70	53	70	75	74	82	93	96	85	83	72	67	60
Sat	48	43	49	54	57	61	69	57	61	64	63	67	65	62	61	62	57
Sun	43	45	47	45	48	53	54	56	62	64	63	67	66	62	61	63	55