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
10:38 PM
Arrives
8:29 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 9:38 PM 3 stops of scattered showers and thunderstorms 315 score Your time 10:38 PM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 210 score Selected 1 hr later 11:38 PM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 198 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 10:38 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    68° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  2. 11:54 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    76° Mostly Cloudy 14%
  3. Rest break 15 min 12:38 AM · Sun, 6/28
  4. Sunset 1:20 AM · Sun, 6/28
  5. 1:25 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    75° Mostly Cloudy 7%
  6. 2:41 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    73° Scattered Rain Showers 36%
  7. Rest break 15 min 2:53 AM · Sun, 6/28
  8. 4:12 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Patchy Fog 23%
  9. Rest break 15 min 5:08 AM · Sun, 6/28
  10. 5:42 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    72° Rain Showers Likely 60%
  11. 6:58 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    73° Patchy Fog 81%
  12. Rest break 15 min 7:23 AM · Sun, 6/28
  13. 8:29 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 31%

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.