San Antonio is heading in the wrong direction when it comes to terrible traffic.

In ConsumerAffairs’ 2025 ranking of U.S. metro areas with the worst traffic, the San Antonio area is parked at No. 25, up from No. 27 last year. ConsumerAffairs analyzed three sets of data — average commute time, daily hours of traffic congestion and rate of fatal car crashes — to rank the 50 largest metros based on population.

Here’s how San Antonio fared in this year’s ranking:

  • Average commute time of 26.2 minutes, down 0.8 percent from last year.
  • Three hours and 38 minutes of weekday traffic congestion, up 13.5 percent from last year.
  • 11.14 fatal car crashes per 100,000 people, down 13.7 percent from last year.

“For motorists, prolonged time on the road increases the risk of accidents, particularly for motorcyclists who navigate between lanes in slow-moving traffic — [an illegal] practice known as lane splitting,” according to Houston-based personal injury law firm Ben Bronston & Associates.

Being stuck in so much traffic might prompt people to drive too fast to make up time, which is a bad idea considering Texas ranks as the fourth most expensive state in America for speeding tickets. The San Antonio area is also home to two roads ranked among the most deadly in America.

Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin appeared in the same order on this year’s ConsumerAffairs list:

  • Houston ranked 7th, up four spots from last year. Weekday congestion time in Houston jumped 27 percent to five hours and 48 minutes. Meanwhile, average commute time was unchanged and the rate of fatal car crashes fell 23.3 percent.
  • Dallas-Fort Worth ranked 14th, up one spot from last year. In DFW, weekday congestion time rose 27.6 percent to four hours and 47 minutes. Meanwhile, average commute time barely budged compared with last year (0.4 percent), and the rate of fatal car crashes plummeted 37.5 percent.
  • Austin ranked 15th, up two spots from last year. Austin saw weekday congestion time climb 22.4 percent to four hours and 50 minutes, while average commute time inched up by 2.9 percent and the rate of fatal car crashes dipped 4.5 percent.

“Congestion is oftentimes a sign of economic prosperity,” Michael Manville, an urban planning professor at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, told ConsumerAffairs. “Because we don’t do anything to regulate access, the roads in an area with a booming economy become overloaded and congested.”

Here are the top cities with the worst traffic, according to the study:

1. Washington, D.C.
2. Los Angeles, CA
3. Miami, FL
4. San Francisco, CA
5. Atlanta, GA
6. New York, NY
7. Houston, TX
8. Seattle, WA
9. Baltimore, MD
10. San Jose, CA