Best Time to Drive from Tracy to Walnut Creek

Right now (3:21 pm PST): about 47 minutes via I-580 East and I-680 North, usually 47 at this time.

Only 34% 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 Tracy to Walnut Creek 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	44	43	52	53	51	48	48	48	48	50	57	63	64	58	49	44	43
Tue	44	43	53	55	52	48	48	47	47	51	63	70	68	58	53	46	42
Wed	44	43	53	54	53	48	48	47	47	51	64	73	70	63	55	50	43
Thu	44	43	53	55	54	47	47	47	48	54	64	71	69	62	56	50	47
Fri	44	43	52	50	47	48	47	47	52	65	79	76	67	55	47	46	44
Sat	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	46	47	46	47	45	44	42
Sun	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	43	46	49	45	44	43

About this drive

On weekdays the 45-mile drive from Tracy to Walnut Creek (via I-580 East and I-680 North) usually takes as little as 42 minutes and up to 79 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 49 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6 pm on Sundays (49 minutes).

About 41 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (6 to 14 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Tracy to central Walnut Creek 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 Tracy to Walnut Creek?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 42 minutes then, versus up to 79 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Tracy to Walnut Creek?

The 45-mile drive usually takes 42 to 79 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 49 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Tracy to Walnut Creek?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 79 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-580 East in Bay Area (25 miles) · I-680 North in Bay Area (16 miles)

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More drives

Walnut Creek to Tracy (return trip) · Tracy to San Jose · Tracy to San Francisco · Tracy to Sacramento · Tracy to Oakland · Tracy to Fremont · Tracy to Elk Grove · Tracy to Hayward · Tracy to Sunnyvale · Tracy to Concord · Tracy to Santa Clara · Tracy to Vallejo

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	44	43	52	53	51	48	48	48	48	50	57	63	64	58	49	44	43
Tue	44	43	53	55	52	48	48	47	47	51	63	70	68	58	53	46	42
Wed	44	43	53	54	53	48	48	47	47	51	64	73	70	63	55	50	43
Thu	44	43	53	55	54	47	47	47	48	54	64	71	69	62	56	50	47
Fri	44	43	52	50	47	48	47	47	52	65	79	76	67	55	47	46	44
Sat	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	46	47	46	47	45	44	42
Sun	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	43	46	49	45	44	43

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	44	43	52	53	51	48	48	48	48	50	57	63	64	58	49	44	43
Tue	44	43	53	55	52	48	48	47	47	51	63	70	68	58	53	46	42
Wed	44	43	53	54	53	48	48	47	47	51	64	73	70	63	55	50	43
Thu	44	43	53	55	54	47	47	47	48	54	64	71	69	62	56	50	47
Fri	44	43	52	50	47	48	47	47	52	65	79	76	67	55	47	46	44
Sat	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	46	47	46	47	45	44	42
Sun	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	43	46	49	45	44	43

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	44	43	52	53	51	48	48	48	48	50	57	63	64	58	49	44	43
Tue	44	43	53	55	52	48	48	47	47	51	63	70	68	58	53	46	42
Wed	44	43	53	54	53	48	48	47	47	51	64	73	70	63	55	50	43
Thu	44	43	53	55	54	47	47	47	48	54	64	71	69	62	56	50	47
Fri	44	43	52	50	47	48	47	47	52	65	79	76	67	55	47	46	44
Sat	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	46	47	46	47	45	44	42
Sun	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	43	46	49	45	44	43