Portsmouth traffic

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Portsmouth2024 traffic
Congestion levels, travel times and speeds are based on worldwide trip data spanning more than 737 billion km anonymously collected during the year from drivers within the larger metropolitan area (“metro”) and central city area (“city center”) throughout the complete road network — including fast roads and highways crossing this area.


Work rank 2024
Travel time
319
Average travel time per 10 km
16
min
44
s
30 s more than in 2023
Average speed
35.9km/h
0.9 km/h slower than in 2023
Worst day to travel in 2024
July 6, Saturday
24 min 47 s
Average travel time to drive 10 km
72%
Congestion level
Work rank 2024
Congestion level
91
Average congestion level
35%
4%p more than in 2023
Monthly congestion level
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2024
2023
Traffic pattern
How was traffic distributed in Portsmouth depending on the day and time of day?
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Average congestion level
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How busy was Portsmouth during rush hour?

Let's take a closer look at rush hour. How much extra time was spent idling in traffic? What was the average speed?
One way commute
km


Rush hour
morning
Time taken to travel 10 km
18 min 33 sec
32.4 km/h
Average speed
55%
Congestion level
Time taken to travel 10 km
19 min 20 sec
31.0 km/h
Average speed
60%
Congestion level
Rush hour
evening
How much extra time did we spend driving in rush hours over the year?
52 hours = 2 days, 4 hours
3 h 25 min more than in 2023

Driving patterns in Portsmouth

What did traffic look like over a week in Portsmouth?
One way commute
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Sun
14 min 35 s15 min
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14 min 33 s15 min
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14 min 25 s14 min
14 min 18 s14 min
13 min 43 s14 min
13 min 7 s13 min
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11 min 37 s12 min
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18 min 54 s19 min
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14 min 58 s15 min
14 min 44 s15 min
Tue
14 min 26 s14 min
14 min 18 s14 min
13 min 38 s14 min
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11 min 39 s12 min
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15 min 57 s16 min
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14 min 48 s15 min
Wed
14 min 35 s15 min
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13 min 36 s14 min
12 min 40 s13 min
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11 min 40 s12 min
12 min 8 s12 min
15 min 46 s16 min
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16 min 46 s17 min
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18 min 25 s18 min
16 min 35 s17 min
15 min 57 s16 min
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14 min 55 s15 min
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14 min 37 s15 min
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13 min 41 s14 min
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14 min 51 s15 min
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14 min 31 s15 min
14 min 20 s14 min
13 min 41 s14 min
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12 min 14 s12 min
11 min 51 s12 min
12 min 18 s12 min
14 min 28 s14 min
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18 min 26 s18 min
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16 min 46 s17 min
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15 min 58 s16 min
15 min 48 s16 min
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14 min 48 s15 min
14 min 29 s14 min
13 min 48 s14 min
13 min 16 s13 min
12 min 40 s13 min
12 min 8 s12 min
12 min 29 s12 min
12 min 48 s13 min
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16 min 15 s16 min
16 min 16 s16 min
16 min 16 s16 min
15 min 48 s16 min
15 min 31 s16 min
14 min 57 s15 min
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