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
8:33 AM
Arrives
6:24 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 7:33 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 101 score Your time 8:33 AM Partly Cloudy 20 score Selected 1 hr later 9:33 AM Partly Cloudy 18 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 8:33 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    64° Partly Cloudy 8%
  2. 9:49 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    67° Mostly Cloudy 10%
  3. Sunrise 10:19 AM
  4. Rest break 15 min 10:33 AM
  5. 11:20 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    68° Mostly Cloudy 1%
  6. 12:36 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    72° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  7. Rest break 15 min 12:48 PM
  8. 2:06 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    77° Mostly Cloudy 7%
  9. Rest break 15 min 3:03 PM
  10. 3:37 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    79° Partly Sunny 4%
  11. 4:53 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    85° Mostly Sunny 9%
  12. Rest break 15 min 5:18 PM
  13. 6:24 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    91° Mostly Sunny 14%

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.