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
11:55 AM
Arrives
9:45 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 10:55 AM Mostly Cloudy 12 score Your time 11:55 AM Mostly Cloudy 9 score Selected 1 hr later 12:55 PM Clear driving 5 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 11:55 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    66° Mostly Sunny 4%
  2. 1:11 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    71° Mostly Cloudy 5%
  3. Rest break 15 min 1:55 PM
  4. 2:41 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    78° Partly Sunny 8%
  5. 3:57 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    80° Partly Sunny 5%
  6. Rest break 15 min 4:10 PM
  7. 5:28 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    82° Partly Sunny 8%
  8. Rest break 15 min 6:25 PM
  9. 6:59 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    84° Mostly Sunny 7%
  10. 8:15 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    88° Sunny 11%
  11. Rest break 15 min 8:40 PM
  12. 9:45 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    94° 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.