Plan your journey

Travel Time Calculator

Enter a distance and your expected average speed. Add planned breaks to estimate the total time for your journey.

Stopwatch with the formula: travel time equals distance divided by speed

Enter your trip details

Use the speed you expect to average while moving.

Add the total time for all planned stops.

How to calculate travel time

Divide the distance by the average speed: time = distance ÷ speed. With miles and mph, the result is in hours. The calculator converts units when necessary and adds your planned breaks.

Example: 150 miles at 60 mph

150 ÷ 60 = 2.5 hours, or 2 hours 30 minutes. Adding a 20-minute break gives a total of 2 hours 50 minutes.

Choosing an average speed

Road type, traffic and speed changes affect your average. A posted speed limit may be higher than the average you can maintain. If your average already includes stopped time, leave the breaks field at zero to avoid counting those stops twice.

This is a distance-and-speed estimate. It does not use a route map, live traffic or road conditions.

Know the distance and actual time instead? Use the speed calculator.