Wellington traffic

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Wellington2024 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
176
Average travel time per 10 km
21
min
21
s
10 s more than in 2023
Average speed
28.1km/h
0.2 km/h slower than in 2023
Worst day to travel in 2024
June 19, Wednesday
26 min 7 s
Average travel time to drive 10 km
56%
Congestion level
Work rank 2024
Congestion level
230
Average congestion level
29%
2%p more than in 2023
Monthly congestion level
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2024
2023
Traffic pattern
How was traffic distributed in Wellington depending on the day and time of day?
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Average congestion level
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How busy was Wellington 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 57 sec
24.1 km/h
Average speed
53%
Congestion level
Time taken to travel 10 km
26 min 16 sec
22.8 km/h
Average speed
58%
Congestion level
Rush hour
evening
How much extra time did we spend driving in rush hours over the year?
69 hours = 2 days, 21 hours
28 min more than in 2023

Driving patterns in Wellington

What did traffic look like over a week in Wellington?
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
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Sun
17 min 58 s18 min
17 min 49 s18 min
17 min 23 s17 min
16 min 35 s17 min
15 min 58 s16 min
16 min 16 min
15 min 31 s16 min
15 min 42 s16 min
16 min 27 s16 min
17 min 48 s18 min
19 min 13 s19 min
20 min 33 s21 min
22 min 23 s22 min
22 min 25 s22 min
22 min 6 s22 min
21 min 24 s21 min
20 min 34 s21 min
20 min 10 s20 min
19 min 48 s20 min
19 min 17 s19 min
18 min 59 s19 min
18 min 22 s18 min
17 min 55 s18 min
17 min 50 s18 min
Mon
17 min 27 s17 min
17 min 26 s17 min
17 min 35 s18 min
16 min 9 s16 min
15 min 6 s15 min
14 min 19 s14 min
16 min 21 s16 min
19 min 59 s20 min
24 min 32 s25 min
20 min 55 s21 min
19 min 50 s20 min
20 min 20 s20 min
20 min 42 s21 min
20 min 30 s21 min
20 min 30 s21 min
21 min 59 s22 min
23 min 18 s23 min
24 min 28 s24 min
20 min 54 s21 min
19 min 52 s20 min
19 min 22 s19 min
18 min 52 s19 min
18 min 19 s18 min
18 min 18 s18 min
Tue
17 min 20 s17 min
17 min 30 s18 min
18 min 18 min
16 min 16 min
15 min 6 s15 min
14 min 40 s15 min
16 min 40 s17 min
20 min 40 s21 min
25 min 37 s26 min
22 min 17 s22 min
20 min 45 s21 min
20 min 59 s21 min
21 min 35 s22 min
21 min 10 s21 min
21 min 5 s21 min
22 min 42 s23 min
24 min 36 s25 min
26 min 23 s26 min
22 min 20 s22 min
20 min 31 s21 min
19 min 42 s20 min
19 min 17 s19 min
18 min 32 s19 min
18 min 18 s18 min
Wed
17 min 41 s18 min
17 min 49 s18 min
18 min 6 s18 min
16 min 32 s17 min
15 min 21 s15 min
14 min 37 s15 min
16 min 49 s17 min
20 min 41 s21 min
25 min 25 s25 min
22 min 35 s23 min
21 min 4 s21 min
21 min 17 s21 min
21 min 57 s22 min
21 min 35 s22 min
21 min 32 s22 min
23 min 19 s23 min
25 min 24 s25 min
27 min 50 s28 min
23 min 34 s24 min
21 min 3 s21 min
20 min 7 s20 min
19 min 26 s19 min
18 min 39 s19 min
18 min 28 s18 min
Thu
17 min 39 s18 min
17 min 55 s18 min
17 min 58 s18 min
16 min 11 s16 min
15 min 11 s15 min
14 min 36 s15 min
16 min 40 s17 min
20 min 31 s21 min
25 min 32 s26 min
22 min 19 s22 min
21 min 21 min
21 min 27 s21 min
22 min 15 s22 min
21 min 45 s22 min
21 min 41 s22 min
23 min 27 s23 min
25 min 21 s25 min
27 min 18 s27 min
23 min 13 s23 min
21 min 1 s21 min
20 min 1 s20 min
19 min 18 s19 min
18 min 39 s19 min
18 min 13 s18 min
Fri
17 min 29 s17 min
17 min 34 s18 min
17 min 37 s18 min
16 min 2 s16 min
15 min 21 s15 min
14 min 41 s15 min
16 min 28 s16 min
19 min 55 s20 min
23 min 31 s24 min
21 min 16 s21 min
20 min 57 s21 min
21 min 37 s22 min
22 min 54 s23 min
22 min 35 s23 min
22 min 40 s23 min
24 min 23 s24 min
24 min 52 s25 min
25 min 9 s25 min
23 min 22 s23 min
21 min 34 s22 min
20 min 37 s21 min
19 min 38 s20 min
19 min 2 s19 min
18 min 38 s19 min
Sat
17 min 55 s18 min
17 min 48 s18 min
17 min 38 s18 min
16 min 50 s17 min
16 min 16 min
15 min 33 s16 min
15 min 26 s15 min
15 min 48 s16 min
16 min 57 s17 min
18 min 49 s19 min
20 min 59 s21 min
22 min 54 s23 min
24 min 6 s24 min
23 min 42 s24 min
23 min 2 s23 min
22 min 30 s23 min
21 min 52 s22 min
21 min 43 s22 min
21 min 39 s22 min
21 min 10 s21 min
20 min 25 s20 min
19 min 53 s20 min
19 min 9 s19 min
18 min 31 s19 min
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