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
10:29 AM
Arrives
8:19 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 9:29 AM Partly Cloudy 18 score Your time 10:29 AM Partly Cloudy 15 score Selected 1 hr later 11:29 AM Clear driving 5 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 10:29 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    64° Partly Cloudy 7%
  2. 11:45 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    69° Partly Sunny 5%
  3. Rest break 15 min 12:29 PM
  4. 1:15 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    72° Mostly Cloudy 3%
  5. 2:31 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    78° Partly Sunny 9%
  6. Rest break 15 min 2:44 PM
  7. 4:02 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    81° Mostly Cloudy 8%
  8. Rest break 15 min 4:59 PM
  9. 5:33 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    82° Partly Sunny 9%
  10. 6:48 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    87° Sunny 9%
  11. Rest break 15 min 7:14 PM
  12. 8:19 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    93° Mostly Sunny 11%

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.