Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Vacaville to Lincoln
Right now (6:51 pm PDT): about 58 minutes via I-80 East, usually 60 at this time.
Only 77% 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 | 57 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| Tue | 57 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 60 | 58 | 58 | 57 |
| Wed | 57 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 74 | 61 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| Thu | 57 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 74 | 61 | 59 | 58 | 57 |
| Fri | 57 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 57 |
| Sat | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 59 | 57 |
| Sun | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 57 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 64-mile drive from Vacaville to Lincoln (via I-80 East) usually takes as little as 57 minutes and up to 80 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 10:30 am or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 65 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (66 minutes).
About 60 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (about 5 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Vacaville to central Lincoln 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 Vacaville to Lincoln?
On weekdays, leave before 10:30 am or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 57 minutes then, versus up to 80 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Vacaville to Lincoln?
The 64-mile drive usually takes 57 to 80 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 65 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Vacaville to Lincoln?
Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 80 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-80 East in Sacramento (46 miles) · SR-65 North in Sacramento (6 miles) · I-80 East in Bay Area (6 miles)
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