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
7:47 PM
Arrives
5:37 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 6:47 PM 7 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 595 score Your time 7:47 PM 5 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 486 score Selected 1 hr later 8:47 PM 5 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 465 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 7:47 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    71° Mostly Sunny 1%
  2. 9:02 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
  3. Rest break 15 min 9:47 PM
  4. 10:33 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    78° Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
  5. 11:49 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 55%
  6. Rest break 15 min 12:02 AM · Sun, 6/28
  7. Sunset 1:12 AM · Sun, 6/28
  8. 1:20 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    77° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 46%
  9. Rest break 15 min 2:17 AM · Sun, 6/28
  10. 2:50 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Rain Showers 76%
  11. 4:06 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    74° Patchy Fog 72%
  12. Rest break 15 min 4:32 AM · Sun, 6/28
  13. 5:37 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    76° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 48%

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.