Road Trip Planner

Weather on the road.

See the weather you'll actually drive into — not the weather at the moment you leave. Enter a US start and destination; we'll sample the forecast along your route.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
7:38 PM
Arrives
5:29 AM · Sun, 6/28

Stops are sampled at even drive-time intervals. Each shows the NWS hourly forecast at that location for your estimated arrival hour. Adjust your departure by leaving later or earlier — forecasts shift accordingly.

Departure options

Same route, different start. Lower score = smoother driving weather.

1 hr earlier 6:38 PM 7 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 596 score Your time 7:38 PM 5 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 488 score Selected 1 hr later 8:38 PM 6 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 543 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 7:38 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    71° Mostly Sunny 1%
  2. 8:54 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
  3. Rest break 15 min 9:38 PM
  4. 10:25 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    77° Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 22%
  5. 11:41 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 55%
  6. Rest break 15 min 11:53 PM
  7. Sunset 1:11 AM · Sun, 6/28
  8. 1:12 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    77° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 46%
  9. Rest break 15 min 2:08 AM · Sun, 6/28
  10. 2:42 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Rain Showers 76%
  11. 3:58 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    74° Patchy Fog 72%
  12. Rest break 15 min 4:23 AM · Sun, 6/28
  13. 5:29 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 59%

Powered by OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM) and the National Weather Service. Drive times are estimates and don't account for traffic, weather slowdowns, or stops. Hourly forecasts beyond ~7 days are interpolated and less reliable.