Best Time to Drive from Rocklin to Stockton
Right now (6:18 pm PDT): about 78 minutes via SR-99 South and I-80 West, usually 68 at this time.
Only 57% 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 65 | 68 | 71 | 79 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 67 |
| Tue | 65 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 76 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 66 |
| Wed | 65 | 68 | 74 | 83 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 67 | 67 | 66 |
| Thu | 66 | 67 | 72 | 80 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 79 | 84 | 80 | 72 | 66 | 67 | 65 |
| Fri | 65 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 89 | 86 | 80 | 73 | 68 | 67 | 66 |
| Sat | 66 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 66 |
| Sun | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 65 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 70-mile drive from Rocklin to Stockton (via SR-99 South and I-80 West) usually takes as little as 65 minutes and up to 89 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 73 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (72 minutes).
About 55 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 15 miles surface streets (about 6 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Rocklin to central Stockton 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 Rocklin to Stockton?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 65 minutes then, versus up to 89 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Rocklin to Stockton?
The 70-mile drive usually takes 65 to 89 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 73 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Rocklin to Stockton?
Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 89 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-99 South in Bay Area (22 miles) · I-80 West in Sacramento (13 miles) · SR-99 South in Sacramento (12 miles) · SR-51 South in Sacramento (9 miles)
Sacramento traffic right now · Sacramento traffic tomorrow · Bay Area traffic right now · Bay Area traffic tomorrow