Sao Paulo traffic

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Sao Paulo2024 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
66
Average travel time per 10 km
27
min
6
s
no change since 2023
Average speed
22.1km/h
no change since 2023
Worst day to travel in 2024
December 5, Thursday
39 min 37 s
Average travel time to drive 10 km
90%
Congestion level
Work rank 2024
Congestion level
30
Average congestion level
42%
1%p more than in 2023
Monthly congestion level
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2024
2023
Traffic pattern
How was traffic distributed in Sao Paulo depending on the day and time of day?
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How busy was Sao Paulo 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
32 min 38 sec
18.4 km/h
Average speed
65%
Congestion level
Time taken to travel 10 km
36 min 23 sec
16.5 km/h
Average speed
80%
Congestion level
Rush hour
evening
How much extra time did we spend driving in rush hours over the year?
111 hours = 4 days, 15 hours
5 h 18 min more than in 2023

Driving patterns in Sao Paulo

What did traffic look like over a week in Sao Paulo?
One way commute
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  • Congestion level
  • Speed
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Sun
19 min 40 s20 min
18 min 46 s19 min
18 min 14 s18 min
17 min 34 s18 min
16 min 50 s17 min
16 min 22 s16 min
16 min 32 s17 min
16 min 55 s17 min
17 min 41 s18 min
18 min 25 s18 min
18 min 54 s19 min
19 min 49 s20 min
21 min 29 s21 min
21 min 51 s22 min
21 min 15 s21 min
20 min 56 s21 min
20 min 55 s21 min
21 min 6 s21 min
21 min 40 s22 min
21 min 21 min
19 min 47 s20 min
18 min 38 s19 min
17 min 52 s18 min
17 min 20 s17 min
Mon
17 min 10 s17 min
16 min 58 s17 min
16 min 57 s17 min
16 min 14 s16 min
14 min 47 s15 min
15 min 54 s16 min
21 min 34 s22 min
27 min 35 s28 min
32 min 6 s32 min
31 min 45 s32 min
28 min 58 s29 min
27 min 20 s27 min
27 min 17 s27 min
26 min 54 s27 min
27 min 2 s27 min
28 min 17 s28 min
31 min 31 min
31 min 42 s32 min
33 min 25 s33 min
28 min 17 s28 min
22 min 46 s23 min
20 min 17 s20 min
19 min 25 s19 min
18 min 22 s18 min
Tue
17 min 44 s18 min
17 min 19 s17 min
17 min 21 s17 min
16 min 40 s17 min
15 min 23 s15 min
16 min 15 s16 min
21 min 56 s22 min
28 min 12 s28 min
33 min 35 s34 min
34 min 35 s35 min
32 min 47 s33 min
30 min 48 s31 min
31 min 4 s31 min
30 min 25 s30 min
30 min 16 s30 min
31 min 34 s32 min
35 min 17 s35 min
35 min 26 s35 min
36 min 32 s37 min
31 min 28 s31 min
25 min 50 s26 min
21 min 39 s22 min
20 min 23 s20 min
19 min 13 s19 min
Wed
18 min 23 s18 min
17 min 48 s18 min
17 min 28 s17 min
16 min 45 s17 min
15 min 27 s15 min
16 min 16 s16 min
21 min 32 s22 min
27 min 24 s27 min
32 min 32 s33 min
33 min 43 s34 min
32 min 13 s32 min
30 min 21 s30 min
31 min 2 s31 min
30 min 37 s31 min
30 min 36 s31 min
32 min 8 s32 min
36 min 4 s36 min
36 min 25 s36 min
37 min 39 s38 min
32 min 48 s33 min
27 min 5 s27 min
22 min 18 s22 min
20 min 54 s21 min
19 min 32 s20 min
Thu
18 min 39 s19 min
18 min 5 s18 min
17 min 43 s18 min
16 min 55 s17 min
15 min 36 s16 min
16 min 15 s16 min
21 min 25 s21 min
27 min 21 s27 min
32 min 29 s32 min
33 min 42 s34 min
32 min 20 s32 min
30 min 57 s31 min
32 min 1 s32 min
31 min 33 s32 min
31 min 39 s32 min
33 min 7 s33 min
36 min 43 s37 min
37 min 11 s37 min
38 min 31 s39 min
33 min 32 s34 min
27 min 47 s28 min
23 min 7 s23 min
21 min 36 s22 min
20 min 9 s20 min
Fri
19 min 3 s19 min
18 min 26 s18 min
18 min 2 s18 min
17 min 9 s17 min
15 min 43 s16 min
16 min 9 s16 min
20 min 38 s21 min
25 min 24 s25 min
28 min 48 s29 min
29 min 22 s29 min
29 min 5 s29 min
29 min 17 s29 min
31 min 22 s31 min
31 min 37 s32 min
31 min 48 s32 min
33 min 34 s34 min
36 min 23 s36 min
36 min 21 s36 min
35 min 34 s36 min
30 min 34 s31 min
26 min 40 s27 min
24 min 5 s24 min
22 min 51 s23 min
21 min 31 s22 min
Sat
20 min 6 s20 min
19 min 3 s19 min
18 min 30 s19 min
17 min 39 s18 min
16 min 35 s17 min
16 min 4 s16 min
17 min 1 s17 min
18 min 41 s19 min
20 min 53 s21 min
22 min 43 s23 min
24 min 14 s24 min
25 min 25 s25 min
27 min 14 s27 min
27 min 58 s28 min
27 min 19 s27 min
25 min 55 s26 min
24 min 53 s25 min
24 min 22 s24 min
24 min 57 s25 min
24 min 46 s25 min
23 min 3 s23 min
21 min 51 s22 min
21 min 21 s21 min
20 min 41 s21 min
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