Traffic in Cardiff, South Glamorgan

Cardiff is one of about 300 cities and towns UK Live Traffic can take the live map to. The busiest main roads within 25 km are M4, M5, A470, A4232 and A48(M); the table shows how busy each usually is, by the hour of the week.

Usual is not live: the live map for the area has the current disruptions, traffic cameras, buses, trains, ships and aircraft, and directions from here.

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County
South Glamorgan
Plus Code
9C3RFRJC+J9
Busiest road nearby
M4 (121,902 vehicles a day)

How busy the main roads near here usually are

RoadDistanceWeekdays 03:00Weekdays 08:00Weekdays 12:00Weekdays 17:00Weekdays 21:00Saturday 12:00Sunday 12:00
M411 kmQuietBusyBusyVery busyQuietVery busyBusy
M524 kmQuietBusyBusyVery busyQuietBusyBusy
A4707.4 kmQuietVery busyBusyVery busyQuietVery busyBusy
A42327.0 kmQuietBusySteadyBusyQuietBusyBusy
A48(M)9.8 kmQuietSteadySteadySteadyQuietSteadySteady

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

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Other places in South Glamorgan

Where the figures come from

  • Road traffic: Department for Transport road traffic counts (Open Government Licence v3.0), spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern.