Paris, London… Which are the most congested cities in Europe?

At the global level, it is Istanbul in Türkiye which wins the prize for road traffic jams with 105 hours of blockages last year.

Stuck in your car for many minutes, are you thinking that Paris is the worst city with traffic jams? You are almost right.

According to the “Global Traffic Scorecard” from the British transport analysis firm Inrix, London remains the most congested urban area in Europe, but the French capital is just behind. Dublin in Ireland completes the podium.

According to the study, drivers in London spent an average of 101 hours stuck in traffic last year, an increase of 2% on the previous year.

Overall, “the average British driver lost 62 hours due to traffic jams last year, an increase of one hour on the previous year,” it says.

Paris is really not far behind with 97 hours, a stable level over one year, but up 1% compared to 2022. For Dublin, it is 81 hours (+13%).

Followed by Brussels (74 hours), Rome (71), Warsaw (70), Bath in the United Kingdom (68).

To arrive at these figures, Inrix says it used various data sources, including those from drivers’ smartphones.

At the global level, it is Istanbul in Turkey which wins the prize for road traffic jams with 105 hours of blockages, ahead of New York (102 hours) and Chicago (102 hours). In this ranking, Paris takes sixth place.

“Every year since 2020, we have seen road traffic gradually increase back to what it was before the pandemic,” comments Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at Inrix and author of the report.