Waterford motorists each spent over a day stuck in traffic in 2025

Motorists in Waterford city each spent over a day stuck in traffic in 2025 on average, new statistics have revealed.

The INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard ranked Waterford 330rd for the cities with the worst traffic congestion in the world.

The report found that on average, Waterford motorists lost 35 hours of last year to traffic congestion. This represents a 3 per cent increase on last year’s figure.

The top speed reached on average during peak commute times was 47km/h. Meanwhile, the top average speed reached during off-peak hours was 60km/h.

The last mile speed, which records the average speed of commuters during the last mile of their commute into the city centre, averaged at 27km/h.

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An interactive map attached to the report shows that the average distance a driver can travel from the city centre outwards in 30 minutes has increased since 2023.

The map also highlighted the most frequent locations that commuters to the city come from and the routes they take.

Clonmel, Kilmeaden and Tramore were all areas highlighted for their numbers of commuters to the city.

As well as that, the map showed a high-level of commuters coming from Wexford town during off-peak hours.

Waterford was ranked high relative to its modest population of approximately 60,000. Many of the cities ranked alongside it had populations in the hundreds of thousands.

For example, Columbus in Ohio, USA, was ranked three places above Waterford, despite a population of 900,000.

Furthermore, the Mexican city of Puebla, which boasts a population of 1.6 million, was ranked just 12 places above Waterford.

Other cities within 15 places of Waterford were Detroit, Helsinki and Canberra.

Waterford ranked fifth for Irish cities on the list, with Limerick, Cork, Galway and Dublin all ranking higher for congestion.

Dublin was ranked 11th in the world, making it the most congested city in Europe, according to INRIX.

Galway was the second-highest ranked Irish city on the list, coming in at 71st. Cork and Limerick were further down, in 161st and 231st place respectively.

A number of other Irish urban areas, namely Kilkenny, Dundalk and Mullingar, also featured on the list and ranked below Waterford.

The INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard is a global ranking and analysis of over 900 cities in 36 countries across the world.

It provides a snapshot of each city's unique commuting patterns based on anonymous trip data.