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
3:27 PM
Arrives
1:18 AM · Mon, 6/29

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 2:27 PM Mostly Cloudy 13 score Your time 3:27 PM Partly Cloudy 11 score Selected 1 hr later 4:27 PM Partly Cloudy 16 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 3:27 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    74° Mostly Sunny 2%
  2. 4:43 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    80° Partly Sunny 6%
  3. Rest break 15 min 5:27 PM
  4. 6:14 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    82° Partly Sunny 5%
  5. 7:30 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    84° Mostly Sunny 8%
  6. Rest break 15 min 7:42 PM
  7. 9:00 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    86° Mostly Sunny 4%
  8. Rest break 15 min 9:57 PM
  9. 10:31 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    85° Partly Cloudy 11%
  10. 11:47 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    87° Partly Cloudy 7%
  11. Rest break 15 min 12:12 AM · Mon, 6/29
  12. Sunset 1:08 AM · Mon, 6/29
  13. 1:18 AM · Mon, 6/29 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    89° Mostly Clear 2%

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.