Vancouver traffic

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Vancouver2024 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
69
Average travel time per 10 km
27
min
3
s
50 s more than in 2023
Average speed
22.2km/h
0.7 km/h slower than in 2023
Total distance driven
1.6billion km
39.4 thousand trips around the Earth
Worst day to travel in 2024
January 11, Thursday
33 min 28 s
Average travel time to drive 10 km
66%
Congestion level
Work rank 2024
Congestion level
96
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 Vancouver depending on the day and time of day?
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How busy was Vancouver 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
28 min 29 sec
21.1 km/h
Average speed
45%
Congestion level
Time taken to travel 10 km
33 min 54 sec
17.7 km/h
Average speed
67%
Congestion level
Rush hour
evening
How much extra time did we spend driving in rush hours over the year?
86 hours = 3 days, 14 hours
9 h 57 min more than in 2023

Driving patterns in Vancouver

What did traffic look like over a week in Vancouver?
One way commute
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  • Travel time
  • Congestion level
  • Speed
  • Volume
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Sun
21 min 32 s22 min
20 min 6 s20 min
19 min 20 s19 min
18 min 35 s19 min
17 min 29 s17 min
16 min 44 s17 min
17 min 10 s17 min
18 min 20 s18 min
20 min 4 s20 min
21 min 52 s22 min
23 min 57 s24 min
26 min 5 s26 min
27 min 47 s28 min
28 min 35 s29 min
28 min 35 s29 min
28 min 32 s29 min
27 min 48 s28 min
27 min 4 s27 min
26 min 5 s26 min
25 min 9 s25 min
23 min 51 s24 min
22 min 51 s23 min
21 min 34 s22 min
20 min 16 s20 min
Mon
19 min 30 s20 min
18 min 57 s19 min
18 min 31 s19 min
17 min 48 s18 min
16 min 40 s17 min
16 min 32 s17 min
18 min 16 s18 min
21 min 52 s22 min
27 min 25 s27 min
26 min 2 s26 min
25 min 8 s25 min
26 min 11 s26 min
27 min 15 s27 min
27 min 12 s27 min
27 min 39 s28 min
28 min 53 s29 min
29 min 39 s30 min
30 min 17 s30 min
26 min 59 s27 min
24 min 42 s25 min
23 min 17 s23 min
22 min 14 s22 min
20 min 38 s21 min
19 min 28 s19 min
Tue
18 min 39 s19 min
18 min 23 s18 min
18 min 20 s18 min
17 min 39 s18 min
16 min 13 s16 min
16 min 28 s16 min
18 min 37 s19 min
22 min 50 s23 min
29 min 32 s30 min
28 min 36 s29 min
26 min 57 s27 min
27 min 54 s28 min
28 min 55 s29 min
28 min 27 s28 min
29 min 5 s29 min
30 min 45 s31 min
32 min 21 s32 min
34 min 16 s34 min
29 min 53 s30 min
25 min 39 s26 min
23 min 49 s24 min
22 min 52 s23 min
21 min 30 s22 min
19 min 46 s20 min
Wed
18 min 53 s19 min
18 min 36 s19 min
18 min 27 s18 min
17 min 41 s18 min
16 min 17 s16 min
16 min 26 s16 min
18 min 36 s19 min
22 min 46 s23 min
29 min 12 s29 min
28 min 49 s29 min
27 min 7 s27 min
28 min 14 s28 min
29 min 31 s30 min
29 min 10 s29 min
29 min 57 s30 min
31 min 19 s31 min
33 min 27 s33 min
35 min 33 s36 min
31 min 6 s31 min
26 min 36 s27 min
24 min 27 s24 min
23 min 17 s23 min
21 min 52 s22 min
20 min 35 s21 min
Thu
19 min 5 s19 min
18 min 44 s19 min
18 min 35 s19 min
17 min 50 s18 min
16 min 15 s16 min
16 min 28 s16 min
18 min 33 s19 min
22 min 37 s23 min
29 min 6 s29 min
28 min 32 s29 min
27 min 16 s27 min
28 min 30 s29 min
29 min 48 s30 min
29 min 32 s30 min
30 min 17 s30 min
32 min 17 s32 min
34 min 17 s34 min
35 min 52 s36 min
31 min 45 s32 min
27 min 14 s27 min
24 min 57 s25 min
23 min 53 s24 min
22 min 22 s22 min
20 min 28 s20 min
Fri
19 min 17 s19 min
18 min 54 s19 min
18 min 31 s19 min
17 min 47 s18 min
16 min 15 s16 min
16 min 24 s16 min
18 min 25 s18 min
21 min 49 s22 min
26 min 53 s27 min
26 min 59 s27 min
27 min 13 s27 min
28 min 58 s29 min
30 min 38 s31 min
30 min 30 s31 min
31 min 36 s32 min
32 min 40 s33 min
33 min 4 s33 min
33 min 12 s33 min
31 min 5 s31 min
29 min 2 s29 min
26 min 33 s27 min
25 min 31 s26 min
24 min 31 s25 min
22 min 30 s23 min
Sat
20 min 45 s21 min
19 min 48 s20 min
19 min 6 s19 min
18 min 21 s18 min
17 min 11 s17 min
16 min 40 s17 min
17 min 17 s17 min
18 min 40 s19 min
20 min 34 s21 min
23 min 12 s23 min
25 min 40 s26 min
28 min 10 s28 min
30 min 3 s30 min
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31 min 45 s32 min
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31 min 28 s31 min
30 min 32 s31 min
30 min 9 s30 min
29 min 26 s29 min
26 min 52 s27 min
26 min 15 s26 min
25 min 29 s25 min
23 min 39 s24 min
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