Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Windsor to Santa Rosa
Right now (6:50 pm PDT): about 10 minutes via US-101 South, usually 10 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 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Tue | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Wed | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Thu | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Fri | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Sat | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Sun | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 10-mile drive from Windsor to Santa Rosa (via US-101 South) usually takes as little as 10 minutes and up to 17 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 11 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Sundays (11 minutes).
About 9 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.3 miles surface streets (about 2 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Windsor to central Santa Rosa 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 Windsor to Santa Rosa?
On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 10 minutes then, versus up to 17 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Windsor to Santa Rosa?
The 10-mile drive usually takes 10 to 17 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 11 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Windsor to Santa Rosa?
Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 17 minutes.
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