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
1:10 PM
Arrives
11:01 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 12:10 PM Mostly Cloudy 9 score Your time 1:10 PM Clear driving 5 score Selected 1 hr later 2:10 PM Partly Cloudy 7 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 1:10 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    68° Partly Sunny 5%
  2. 2:26 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    74° Partly Sunny 3%
  3. Rest break 15 min 3:10 PM
  4. 3:57 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    80° Mostly Sunny 3%
  5. 5:13 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    82° Mostly Sunny 7%
  6. Rest break 15 min 5:25 PM
  7. 6:43 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    85° Partly Sunny 9%
  8. Rest break 15 min 7:40 PM
  9. 8:14 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    85° Mostly Sunny 7%
  10. 9:30 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    88° Sunny 10%
  11. Rest break 15 min 9:55 PM
  12. 11:01 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    93° Mostly Clear 6%

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.