Traffic

The European Capitals With The Worst Traffic Jams

In many European capitals, rush hour is an absolute nightmare with long tailbacks and delays. According to the most recent INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard, Moscow had the worst traffic jams of any capital city in Europe with peak congestion costing motorists 91 hours in 2017.

Commuters are also finding themselves bumper to bumber for hours on end in London and Paris. Last year, peak traffic delays saw commuters in the UK's capital lose 74 hours while total time lost in the French capital was 69 hours. The situation is much better in some of the contintent's smaller capital cities. Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital, is a good example. Its metropolitan area had a population af around 500,000 people and total delays due to peak congestion in 2017 amounted to 21 hours.

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This chart shows European capital cities by peak hours spent in traffic congestion in 2017.

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Cities with the longest traffic jam delays in Europe in 2019, based on average number of hours lost per year
The most traffic jam prone cities in Europe (as of 2018; longer travel time compared to uncongested traffic)
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Ranking of the ten European countries with the highest road traffic thresholds in 2015, in number of hours lost*
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Leading metropolitan areas with the most saturated traffic in France in 2022, in number of hours lost in traffic jams
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Number of hours spent in traffic jams in the Netherlands in 2018, per city
Number of hours lost per year in vehicle traffic in some Latin American cities in 2023

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