Delivery Time Calculator

UPS Ground transit times range from 1 day for Zone 2 (nearby states) to 5 days for Zones 6-8 (cross-country). Zone 2 covers 150-300 miles, Zone 8 covers 1,800+ miles. Most domestic UPS Ground shipments arrive in 1-5 business days depending on origin and destination.

FedEx Home Delivery delivers on Saturdays and Sundays at no extra charge for residential addresses. FedEx Ground delivers Monday-Friday for commercial addresses. FedEx Express services (FedEx 2Day, Standard Overnight) offer Saturday delivery for an additional fee, typically $16-$20 per shipment.

USPS Priority Mail Express is the fastest USPS service, with guaranteed 1-2 day delivery to most locations including overnight service to many areas. It includes a money-back delivery guarantee and delivers 365 days a year including Sundays and holidays. Priority Mail Express is significantly more expensive than Priority Mail, which takes 1-3 days.

To calculate a delivery date, start with the ship date and add the transit days for your carrier and zone. Skip weekends for ground services (carriers do not count Saturday/Sunday as transit days). For example, a Zone 4 UPS Ground shipment dropped off on Thursday takes 3 transit days, so counting Friday, Monday, Tuesday - it would arrive Tuesday. Be aware of carrier cutoff times (typically 7-8 PM for ground dropoff at retail locations).

A shipping zone is a number (2-8 for UPS/FedEx, 1-8 for USPS) that represents the distance between the origin and destination ZIP codes. Zone 2 is the closest (same state or neighboring area), Zone 8 is the farthest (cross-country, 1,800+ miles). Higher zones cost more and take longer. Each carrier calculates zones slightly differently based on their own origin-to-destination zone charts.