Traffic Flow
Traffic Incidents
- Major delay
- Minor delay
- No delay
- Closed
Chicago traffic
United States of America
Live traffic
Current weather
Local time
3:45 AM
Daily and weekly congestion level
Average congestion levels for each day and each week in 2020.
Daily and weekly congestion levels are weighted averages derived from hourly data. Each week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.
World rank2019
Congestion level 2019
How congested is Chicago?
28%
0%
no change since 2018
Data coverage
How much road data did we cover?
8,002,927,309 km
Congestion level by road type
- Highways29%
- Non-highways28%
best day
What day had the least traffic in 2019?
December
25
Wednesday
4%
The lowest average daily congestion
worst day
What day had the most traffic in 2019?
January
28
Monday
55%
The highest average daily congestion
Weekday rush hour
What days are best to avoid rush hour?
Morning rush
41%
Evening rush
58%
Time lost in rush hour - per trip
How much extra time is spent driving in rush hour?
+12 min
per 30 min trip
in the morning
in the morning
+17 min
per 30 min trip
in the evening
in the evening
Time lost in rush hour - per year
How much extra time is spent driving in rush hours over the year?
115 hours = 4 days 19 hours
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