You're not imagining it: San Francisco has some of the worst traffic in the world



Click ahead to see which cities have the worst traffic in the world. If you're reading this, chances are you've been stuck in traffic lately.

Click ahead to see which cities have the worst traffic in the world. If you're reading this, chances are you've been stuck in traffic lately. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle Buy photo Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close You're not imagining it: San Francisco has some of the worst traffic in the world 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

Finally, some validation for your constant traffic-griping.

A new global traffic study found that San Franciscans suffer with the fourth-worst traffic in the world. In 2016, the average San Francisco driver sat through 83 agonizing hours of commute traffic.

According to Kirkland-based INRIX's 2016 Global Traffic Scorecard, the average driver spent 55 hours in rush-hour congestion last year. Using new methodology to calculate both direct and indirect costs of congestion to drivers, INRIX found that congested traffic cost U.S. drivers nearly $300 billion last year, or about $1,400 per driver.

If you're feeling bad, it helps to see the cites that top the list, like Moscow, where commuters spent 91 hours in rush-hour congestion last year.

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We gathered the top 25 most congested cities in the world straight from INRIX's report in the slideshow above. Click through to see the average hours of congestion and the congestion rate (average percentage of drive time spent in congestion) for each of the cites.