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
11:26 AM
Arrives
9:16 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 10:26 AM Mostly Cloudy 17 score Your time 11:26 AM Mostly Cloudy 9 score Selected 1 hr later 12:26 PM Clear driving 6 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 11:26 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    65° Mostly Sunny 6%
  2. 12:42 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    71° Mostly Cloudy 5%
  3. Rest break 15 min 1:26 PM
  4. 2:13 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    76° Partly Sunny 3%
  5. 3:28 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    78° Partly Sunny 9%
  6. Rest break 15 min 3:41 PM
  7. 4:59 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    82° Partly Sunny 8%
  8. Rest break 15 min 5:56 PM
  9. 6:30 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    84° Mostly Sunny 7%
  10. 7:46 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    88° Sunny 11%
  11. Rest break 15 min 8:11 PM
  12. 9:16 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.