Traffic Predict

Best Time to Drive from Seaside to Sunnyvale

Right now (5:50 pm PDT): about 89 minutes via SR-1 North and SR-17 North, usually 77 at this time.

Only 75% 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.

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Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Seaside to Sunnyvale by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave5am6am7am8am9am10am11am12pm1pm2pm3pm4pm5pm6pm7pm8pm9pm
Mon6976918675747474737981847873706969
Tue688010410484757473738285929076707069
Wed687910410384757473738186979179717069
Thu688010810182757373748285898977717069
Fri6875807975747574747979808074717069
Sat6969697071727475767577808078777669
Sun6969696970727577778080787875747269

About this drive

On weekdays the 73-mile drive from Seaside to Sunnyvale (via SR-1 North and SR-17 North) usually takes as little as 68 minutes and up to 110 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 75 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (80 minutes).

About 64 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 9 miles surface streets (12 to 32 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Seaside to central Sunnyvale 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 Seaside to Sunnyvale?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 68 minutes then, versus up to 110 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Seaside to Sunnyvale?

The 73-mile drive usually takes 68 to 110 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 75 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Seaside to Sunnyvale?

Leaving around 7:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 110 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-17 North in Bay Area (22 miles) · SR-1 North in Bay Area (15 miles) · I-280 North in Bay Area (5 miles)

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Sunnyvale to Seaside (return trip) · Seaside to San Jose · Seaside to Fremont · Seaside to Salinas

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