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
1:39 AM
Arrives
11:30 AM

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 12:39 AM 4 stops of isolated showers and thunderstorms 380 score Your time 1:39 AM 1 stop of showers and thunderstorms likely 150 score Selected 1 hr later 2:39 AM 1 stop of showers and thunderstorms likely 150 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 1:39 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    66° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  2. 2:55 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    70° Mostly Cloudy 7%
  3. Rest break 15 min 3:39 AM
  4. 4:26 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    69° Partly Cloudy 14%
  5. 5:42 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    70° Mostly Cloudy 12%
  6. Rest break 15 min 5:54 AM
  7. 7:12 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    72° Patchy Fog 8%
  8. Rest break 15 min 8:09 AM
  9. 8:43 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
  10. 9:59 AM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    73° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
  11. Rest break 15 min 10:24 AM
  12. Sunrise 10:29 AM
  13. 11:30 AM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    76° Mostly Sunny 13%

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.