Traffic in the city of Porto is, according to the new studies, the most congested from the Iberian Peninsula.

Currently, it is the Portuguese city with the highest influx of cars.

Top hours are especially difficult and cause immense problems, such as excessive pollution, stress, among others.

The Covid-19 virus pandemic changed the whole situation by 2020: in Porto, 23% declined in the circulation of people, while Lisbon reached 30%.

THE Average congestion level It is now, according to the Tomtom ranking, cipher in 24%.

Drivers lost last year on average 29 minutes per day in trafficwhich shows a reduction in relation to previous years.

The main reason for this decrease is, in fact, to the pandemic, and its confinement, which removed many people from the Portuguese roads.

Mostly, traffic is noted in Main accesses to the city centerwhere it is chaotic.

Solutions to these problems are obviously complex and require a lot of planning.

The Porto City Council states that “it is doing several studies simultaneously, which aim to know the city better and the mobility habits of its citizens and visitors.”

Hours and heights of the most complicated day and week in Porto

How to expect, Top Time It is always the height of the day with more traffic.

Thus, the periods between 8am and the morning 10.30h are quite congested.

Later, the interval between 17 and 20h is equally difficult, being sometimes worse.

The most complicated day of the week is, of course, Friday.

For people outside the city and at the end of the week they want to go to their homes where their families live, the people who work outside Porto and the end of the week come back and also for the hurry of people to get out of work to enjoy the weekend.

The reasons are of different order, but the truth is that the last day of the week is what records the most traffic.

More complicated access of Porto Traffic

The places with the most recorded traffic are:

  • Ponte de Leça in A28 towards Matosinhos-Porto In the morning- at the end of the day exactly the same direction, as strange as it may seem;
  • A4 entry direction Ermesinde/Valongo-Porto and Holy Water Tunnel – in the morning and at the end of the day in the opposite direction;
  • VCI in both directions– Especially in the bridges, towards Gaia-Porto in the morning and in the opposite direction at the end of the day;
  • Areosa;
  • ASPRELA ZONES TO SÃO JOÃO and even the amial;
  • Rotunda AEP;
  • North;
  • The city center It is also quite congested derived from the number of people in circulation and road conditions.

In 2019, the city of Porto saw its Traffic Level From 28% to 31%, which made her climb 13 places in the world ranking defined by TomTom.

In 2020, the downhill From 31% to 24%.

The Tomtom ranking puts the equivalent of more time for travel, because of traffic, drivers have to do per year.

In this way, the unbeaten city arises in position 126 in the world classification.

Indeed, in 2020, Porto exchanged place with Lisbon at the top of the classification as a city with the most traffic in Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula, due to a lower descent in the travel of people.

With two cities so old and beautifulIt is really complicated to create new solutions to dramatically decrease these congestion.

Changes to traffic at the weekend

The Porto City Council decided to condition the traffic in some of the main streets of the city's historic center, on weekends.

This way, circular in Porto during 08h00 Saturday and 20h00 Sunday is now more difficult.

The main objectives of this measure are to reduce CO2 emissions and promote cleaner mobility with the population to help the environment.

Cycle paths and pedestrian zones will also be widened.

If I did not know, get ready, then, as you will not be able to drive on CEOFETA STREET (on the section between Rua de Álvares Cabral and Breiner Street), on Rua do Breiner (between Escorofeita Street and Rosario Street), Rua da Picaria, Passo das Virtudes, Passos Manuel Street, among others.

If you are thinking about going around the Portuense downtown over the weekend, we recommend that you inform about the paths you can effectively do.

The city is, as seen, one of the most difficult to drive in Portugal due to traffic.

If it is a regular driver in Porto we recommend, above all, patience and calm.

Finally, we recommend that you are careful, as the Traffic on weekendsin the historic center, it is being changed.