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Road speeds
How quickly traffic moves across Singapore by hour of day, using the speed bands the Land Transport Authority gives to each road link. Band 8 is the fastest and band 1 the slowest.
Average speed band each day
Time of day profile
Average speed band by hour for the selected days. The dotted line is the previous period.
Hour by day heatmap
Latest snapshot
Updated 14 November 2026. Readings from 18 October 2026 to 13 November 2026, 26 complete days.
- Category 1 stays fast all day: about band 8 at midnight and about band 7.4 at 6pm on weekdays.
- On weekdays categories 3, 4 and 5 are slowest at about 3pm, and categories 2 and 6 at about 7pm.
- Most categories are quickest at about 5am, in the early morning.
What this shows
The authority gives each road link a speed band, from band 1 (0 to 9 km/h) up to band 8 (70 km/h or more). Every hour PantauSivik averages the bands for each of the authority's numbered road categories. A higher number means faster traffic.
How to read it
The authority groups links into numbered road categories. We have not matched those numbers to named road types, so we show them as numbers. Categories differ a lot in size and in the kind of road they hold, so compare a category with itself over time. In the heatmap, lighter cells are faster hours for that category, relative to its own range.
Speed bands are an estimate of how fast roads move, not a measured journey time.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a road speed band?
The Land Transport Authority gives each road link a band from 1 to 8. Band 1 is the slowest, 0 to 9 km/h, and band 8 is the fastest, 70 km/h or more. A higher average band means traffic is moving faster.
What are the road categories?
The authority groups its road links into numbered categories. PantauSivik shows them as Category 1 to 8, without names, because the authority does not publish a simple mapping to road types that we can confirm.
Which hours are slowest?
It depends on the category. The profile chart shows the average band for every hour, so you can see when each category dips. The snapshot above names the slowest hours for the latest period.
How is the daily average worked out?
Every hour PantauSivik averages the speed bands of the road links in each category. The daily figure is the average of those hourly values.
Is this live traffic?
No. It is a summary of past readings, updated weekly. The PantauSivik app shows live conditions.
Data sources and credits. Expressway travel times, road speed bands, bus load and platform crowd levels come from the Land Transport Authority DataMall, made available under the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. PantauSivik saves its own readings and shows summaries of them here, so these are not official statistics. Readings are accessed regularly and the latest day shown is on this page. PantauSivik is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency. Use of these charts is covered by our data terms of use.