Hello,

Has anyone driven from Miami to Savannah? Knowing that the total drive time will vary based on several factors, how long did it take to make the entire drive?

How was the traffic?
What day of the week did you travel?
Are you a fast or slow driver?
Any suggestions or tips?

Thanks in advance for your repsonse.

It has to be at least 500 miles on I-95 and I'd guess at least 9 hours.

Forgot to add, driving on I-95 doesn't really matter what day of the week, fast or slow driver because it is always a nightmare.

Its approx. 483 miles so I would allow 8-9 hours.

Forgot to add that yes, I95 is bad but its worse on the weekends like any other major interstate.

Well, I-95 might be bad around from Miami-West Palm, but after that is a great road to drive for the next 4 hours. Then you might hit some traffic around Jacksonville depending on when you go through (i.e. rush hour) and sometimes you can run into construction delays in Georgia. However, if you were to leave super early on a weekday (say 5 am or before) you miss a good deal of South Florida rush hour and be through Jacksonville before afternoon rush hour. And on the weekends, you could leave at anytime and probably be OK (assuming no major traffic accidents slow you down). 8-9 hours is a good estimate. Frankly, how anyone can say I-95 is worse on the weekends is beyond me. Try driving from Miami to West Palm on a Monday afternoon and then try it on a Saturday afternoon, and you'll see that there is no comparison.

Larry1 I said it was worse on the weekends because thats what I have experienced - twice. Certainly no expert on the subject just giving my experiences. Don't know if something special was going on or not but traffic was horrid in Jacksonville area both times we went thru it on a Saturday.

Miami to Jacksonville is about 6 hours, and Jacksonville to Savannah is about 2 or 2.5. I've never made the trip all at once, but have driven each leg many times. It will depend a lot on where you are coming from going to exactly in each of these cities. I would say that inter city driving could add about 1-2 hours onto your trip.

We've done it, but it was just over 7 hrs, yet under VERY special circumstances. Savannah/JAX (airport) is easily done in 2 hrs, even sticking to the speed limit as it's heavily patrolled. We did it with some frequency because flights then were cheaper out of JAX than Savannah where we lived.

The time we made it in 7+, we'd driven to the JAX airport to catch a flight to Miami, connecting to another to Grand Cayman. Bad timing....a tropical storm, just a hair shy of hurricane strength chose the same day to hit the FL coast. Our JAX-Miami leg was cancelled at the last minute so, already in the JAX airport when they made that decision, we got in the car and started driving to Miami hoping against hope to catch the 2nd leg. We made it in just over 5 hours from JAX, BUT, there was hardly another car on the highway because of the weather. In storm systems like that, the rain comes in bands, torrential then tolerable or even dry, and though we'd occasionally have to slow to a crawl, it'd then let up and we could fly. So, that day, that trip, it was 7+ hours, but as I said, special circumstances.

We made the flight, but were on the cell phone with AA on the way down, begging, pleading, our case, so they wouldn't cancel our entire reservation because the first leg had been cancelled. This was critical as our daughter was flying from Phoenix-Miami, then we all had the same flight to Cayman. She would have made it, we would not...and we were the only ones who had any money...she being a just out of college 22 year old and us with reservations at the Hyatt Grand Cayman. Wouldn't that have been cute! She'd still be there washing dishes 12 years later.

To finish the story...They took pity on us and we arrived on time...only to be told we couldn't board the plane because we didn't have picture IDs (this in the days before that was an absolute requirement)! We had moved to GA the year before, had JUST gone for our GA drivers licenses, they had taken our TX licenses from us, so all we had were the temporary, pictureless, pieces of paper. It took more pleading, first with an recalcitrant agent who was relishing his role, then finally with his supervisor, before we could get through. Made the flight but only because it was delayed.

Would love to have had a picture of our trip through the airport in Miami--just like the OJ Simpson commercial running full speed (and we are both runners so it was possible to maintain it) through the Miami airport...which we found is HUGE and poorly laid out! There dear daughter sat at the gate...hoping and praying for our arrival. One of those family trips we NEVER will forget! What a drive, what stress--it took us the entire vacation to recover! Not to be recommended to anyone, but we still laugh about it today!

Well. Maybe I will pass you along the way. I am driving from Savannah to Miami the second week in July. The trip should not take you more than 8 hours. Once you get to jacksonville it actually is only about an hour and 1/2 drive into savannah. Watch travel on holiday weekends obviously but try to get on I-16 East from 95 as soon as possible.

to add the reason I say this is because most people who travel into savannah from the south always stay on 95 and end up taking the routes into savannah that lead into the southside of town. so if they are trying to get to downtown savannah which is where most visitors go they get lost and stuck in traffic on the south side. I-16 ENDS in the middle of downtown savannah.

about 8 hours with no traffic

Suggestion: take I-295 around Jacksonville.