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
11:13 AM
Arrives
9:04 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 10:13 AM Mostly Cloudy 17 score Your time 11:13 AM Mostly Cloudy 9 score Selected 1 hr later 12:13 PM Mostly Cloudy 9 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 11:13 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    65° Mostly Sunny 6%
  2. 12:29 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    69° Mostly Cloudy 5%
  3. Rest break 15 min 1:13 PM
  4. 2:00 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    76° Partly Sunny 3%
  5. 3:16 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    78° Partly Sunny 9%
  6. Rest break 15 min 3:28 PM
  7. 4:46 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    82° Partly Sunny 8%
  8. Rest break 15 min 5:43 PM
  9. 6:17 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    82° Partly Sunny 9%
  10. 7:33 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    88° Sunny 11%
  11. Rest break 15 min 7:58 PM
  12. 9:04 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.