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 8:30 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
7:30 AM
Arrives
5:21 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 6:30 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 142 score Your time 7:30 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 101 score Selected 1 hr later 8:30 AM Partly Cloudy 20 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 7:30 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    64° Mostly Cloudy 9%
  2. 8:46 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    67° Mostly Cloudy 12%
  3. Rest break 15 min 9:30 AM
  4. 10:17 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    68° Partly Sunny 4%
  5. Sunrise 10:19 AM
  6. 11:32 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    70° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  7. Rest break 15 min 11:45 AM
  8. 1:03 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  9. Rest break 15 min 2:00 PM
  10. 2:34 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    77° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  11. 3:50 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    83° Mostly Sunny 12%
  12. Rest break 15 min 4:15 PM
  13. 5:21 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.