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
4:03 AM
Arrives
1:53 PM

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 3:03 AM 1 stop of showers and thunderstorms likely 164 score Your time 4:03 AM 2 rain stops 106 score Selected 1 hr later 5:03 AM 3 rain stops 126 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 4:03 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    65° Mostly Cloudy 3%
  2. 5:18 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    69° Mostly Cloudy 14%
  3. Rest break 15 min 6:03 AM
  4. 6:49 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    68° Mostly Cloudy 6%
  5. 8:05 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    70° Patchy Fog 9%
  6. Rest break 15 min 8:18 AM
  7. 9:36 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    71° Patchy Fog 7%
  8. Sunrise 10:22 AM
  9. Rest break 15 min 10:33 AM
  10. 11:06 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    70° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
  11. 12:22 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    73° Chance Rain Showers 34%
  12. Rest break 15 min 12:48 PM
  13. 1:53 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    81° 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.