At the level of wide metropoles, Manila is the one in which motorists see their journey times lengthened the most compared to the optimal travel time (+9 min. 3 sec. in average, for a 6-mile trip).
The impact of driving at rush hours
Impact of peak-hour congestion on commuter travel times
Ranking : The five cities where rush-hour traffic is the most time-wasting
Average time lost in 2023 for a 6-mile daily round trip driven at morning & evening peak hours (total 12 mi/day), in hours.
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City center (3mi radius around center)
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Av. travel time per day
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Av. time lost due to traffic
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| per day | All year | vs. 2022 | ||
| Dublin | 74 min. 21 s. | 40 min. 03 s. | 153 hrs. | +12 hrs. 31 min. |
| Lima | 71 min. 18 s. | 39 min. 34 s. | 151 hrs. | +25 hrs. 19 min. |
| Mexico-city | 66 min. 18 s. | 38 min. 28 s. | 147 hrs. | +19 hrs. 30 min. |
| Bucharest | 71 min. 47 s. | 37 min. 49 s. | 144 hrs. | +6 hrs. 29 min. |
| London | 85 min. 18 s. | 37 min. 21 s. | 143 hrs. | +8 hrs. 58 min. |
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Metropolitan area
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Av. travel time /day
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Av. time lost due to traffic
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| per day | All year | vs. 2022 | ||
| Bogota | 56 min. 58 s. | 29 min. 31 s. | 113 hrs. | -14 hrs. 18 min. |
| Manila | 60 min. 40 s. | 29 min. 31 s. | 113 hrs. | +12 hrs. 24 min. |
| Lima | 59 min. 52 s. | 29 min. 20 s. | 112 hrs. | +15 hrs. 5 min. |
| Bucharest | 56 min. 29 s. | 28 min. 26 s. | 108 hrs. | +3 hrs. 8 min. |
| Bengaluru | 55 min. 51 s. | 27 min. 28 s. | 105 hrs. | +0 hrs. 46 min. |
Dublin is the city where commuters lose the most time in rush-hour traffic jams. A motorist spends an average of 1h14 in his or her car to make a typical 6-mile journey twice a day during the morning and evening rush hours - but more than 40 minutes of this daily round trip is due to traffic jams. Those who make this journey every day lose 153 hours in traffic jams. The situation got particularly worse in 2023, with 12 hours and 31 minutes more than in 2022.
