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 8:16 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
7:16 AM
Arrives
5:06 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 6:16 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 166 score Your time 7:16 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 116 score Selected 1 hr later 8:16 AM Mostly Cloudy 24 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 7:16 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    64° Mostly Cloudy 8%
  2. 8:32 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    67° Mostly Cloudy 12%
  3. Rest break 15 min 9:16 AM
  4. 10:02 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    68° Partly Sunny 4%
  5. Sunrise 10:19 AM
  6. 11:18 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    70° Patchy Fog 1%
  7. Rest break 15 min 11:31 AM
  8. 12:49 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  9. Rest break 15 min 1:46 PM
  10. 2:20 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    75° Mostly Cloudy 6%
  11. 3:35 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    83° Mostly Sunny 12%
  12. Rest break 15 min 4:01 PM
  13. 5:06 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    89° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%

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.