Southampton traffic

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Southampton2024 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
198
Average travel time per 10 km
20
min
31
s
1 min 30 s more than in 2023
Average speed
29.2km/h
2.3 km/h slower than in 2023
Worst day to travel in 2024
February 21, Wednesday
27 min 36 s
Average travel time to drive 10 km
76%
Congestion level
Work rank 2024
Congestion level
68
Average congestion level
38%
10%p more than in 2023
Monthly congestion level
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2024
2023
Traffic pattern
How was traffic distributed in Southampton depending on the day and time of day?
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Average congestion level
16%
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35%
Opacity
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How busy was Southampton 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
24 min 3 sec
25.0 km/h
Average speed
64%
Congestion level
Time taken to travel 10 km
25 min 43 sec
23.3 km/h
Average speed
72%
Congestion level
Rush hour
evening
How much extra time did we spend driving in rush hours over the year?
77 hours = 3 days, 5 hours
19 h 36 min more than in 2023

Driving patterns in Southampton

What did traffic look like over a week in Southampton?
One way commute
km


  • Travel time
  • Congestion level
  • Speed
12:00 AM
01:00 AM
02:00 AM
03:00 AM
04:00 AM
05:00 AM
06:00 AM
07:00 AM
08:00 AM
09:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
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Sun
17 min 33 s18 min
17 min 15 s17 min
16 min 50 s17 min
16 min 21 s16 min
15 min 53 s16 min
15 min 5 s15 min
14 min 37 s15 min
15 min 14 s15 min
15 min 54 s16 min
16 min 31 s17 min
17 min 42 s18 min
18 min 52 s19 min
20 min 2 s20 min
19 min 48 s20 min
19 min 11 s19 min
18 min 51 s19 min
19 min 3 s19 min
18 min 44 s19 min
18 min 5 s18 min
18 min 4 s18 min
17 min 59 s18 min
17 min 46 s18 min
17 min 28 s17 min
17 min 44 s18 min
Mon
16 min 57 s17 min
16 min 53 s17 min
16 min 32 s17 min
15 min 29 s15 min
14 min 9 s14 min
12 min 58 s13 min
13 min 41 s14 min
18 min 47 s19 min
22 min 54 s23 min
19 min 23 s19 min
18 min 51 s19 min
19 min 26 s19 min
19 min 55 s20 min
19 min 48 s20 min
20 min 23 s20 min
21 min 46 s22 min
23 min 6 s23 min
24 min 7 s24 min
21 min 2 s21 min
19 min 40 s20 min
19 min 3 s19 min
18 min 28 s18 min
17 min 46 s18 min
17 min 20 s17 min
Tue
17 min 2 s17 min
16 min 30 s17 min
16 min 7 s16 min
14 min 58 s15 min
14 min 4 s14 min
13 min 6 s13 min
13 min 56 s14 min
20 min 13 s20 min
25 min 23 s25 min
20 min 53 s21 min
19 min 33 s20 min
19 min 55 s20 min
20 min 11 s20 min
20 min 12 s20 min
20 min 44 s21 min
22 min 2 s22 min
24 min 25 s24 min
26 min 36 s27 min
22 min 59 s23 min
20 min 27 s20 min
19 min 23 s19 min
18 min 50 s19 min
19 min 6 s19 min
17 min 20 s17 min
Wed
17 min 6 s17 min
16 min 38 s17 min
16 min 5 s16 min
15 min 8 s15 min
14 min 22 s14 min
13 min 9 s13 min
13 min 58 s14 min
19 min 47 s20 min
24 min 57 s25 min
20 min 28 s20 min
19 min 29 s19 min
19 min 51 s20 min
20 min 12 s20 min
20 min 20 s20 min
20 min 57 s21 min
22 min 24 s22 min
24 min 46 s25 min
27 min 22 s27 min
23 min 45 s24 min
20 min 39 s21 min
19 min 29 s19 min
18 min 51 s19 min
18 min 3 s18 min
17 min 22 s17 min
Thu
17 min 7 s17 min
16 min 39 s17 min
16 min 10 s16 min
15 min 23 s15 min
14 min 27 s14 min
13 min 15 s13 min
14 min 6 s14 min
19 min 39 s20 min
24 min 47 s25 min
20 min 30 s21 min
19 min 40 s20 min
20 min 1 s20 min
20 min 26 s20 min
20 min 20 s20 min
20 min 43 s21 min
22 min 21 s22 min
24 min 32 s25 min
26 min 14 s26 min
22 min 31 s23 min
20 min 26 s20 min
19 min 24 s19 min
18 min 54 s19 min
18 min 7 s18 min
17 min 27 s17 min
Fri
17 min 5 s17 min
16 min 44 s17 min
16 min 16 min
15 min 22 s15 min
14 min 35 s15 min
13 min 36 s14 min
14 min 12 s14 min
18 min 21 s18 min
21 min 59 s22 min
19 min 59 s20 min
19 min 44 s20 min
20 min 15 s20 min
20 min 52 s21 min
20 min 43 s21 min
21 min 9 s21 min
23 min 24 s23 min
24 min 10 s24 min
24 min 11 s24 min
22 min 23 s22 min
20 min 55 s21 min
20 min 9 s20 min
19 min 26 s19 min
19 min 8 s19 min
18 min 12 s18 min
Sat
17 min 41 s18 min
17 min 19 s17 min
16 min 52 s17 min
16 min 14 s16 min
15 min 40 s16 min
14 min 40 s15 min
14 min 26 s14 min
15 min 42 s16 min
16 min 59 s17 min
18 min 21 s18 min
19 min 44 s20 min
21 min 11 s21 min
22 min 43 s23 min
23 min 17 s23 min
22 min 15 s22 min
20 min 54 s21 min
20 min 39 s21 min
22 min 35 s23 min
21 min 35 s22 min
20 min 26 s20 min
19 min 44 s20 min
19 min 8 s19 min
18 min 47 s19 min
18 min 25 s18 min
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