Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from San Jose to Foster City
Right now (6:17 pm PDT): about 33 minutes via US-101 North, usually 30 at this time.
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 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 28 |
| Tue | 26 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 46 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 36 | 31 | 28 | 27 |
| Wed | 26 | 28 | 32 | 42 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 27 |
| Thu | 26 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 41 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 31 | 27 | 30 |
| Fri | 26 | 27 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 26 |
| Sat | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
| Sun | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 30-mile drive from San Jose to Foster City (via US-101 North) usually takes as little as 26 minutes and up to 51 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 29 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (31 minutes).
About 29 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.1 miles surface streets (1 to 3 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from downtown San Jose to central Foster City 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 San Jose to Foster City?
On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 26 minutes then, versus up to 51 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from San Jose to Foster City?
The 30-mile drive usually takes 26 to 51 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 29 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from San Jose to Foster City?
Leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 51 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
US-101 North in Bay Area (25 miles) · SR-87 North in Bay Area (4 miles)
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