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.

Try leaving 1 hr later. The 7:30 AM departure avoids 1 stop with slight chance showers and thunderstorms.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
6:30 AM
Arrives
4:20 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 5:30 AM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 168 score Your time 6:30 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 142 score Selected 1 hr later 7:30 AM Mostly Cloudy 20 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 6:30 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    64° Mostly Cloudy 8%
  2. 7:46 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    68° Slight Chance Rain Showers 19%
  3. Rest break 15 min 8:30 AM
  4. 9:17 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    68° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  5. Sunrise 10:19 AM
  6. 10:32 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    69° Patchy Fog 1%
  7. Rest break 15 min 10:45 AM
  8. 12:03 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    72° Mostly Cloudy 5%
  9. Rest break 15 min 1:00 PM
  10. 1:34 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    75° Mostly Cloudy 6%
  11. 2:50 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    81° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
  12. Rest break 15 min 3:15 PM
  13. 4:20 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    88° Mostly Sunny 8%

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.