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
1:47 PM
Arrives
11:37 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 12:47 PM Clear driving 5 score Your time 1:47 PM Clear driving 5 score Selected 1 hr later 2:47 PM Partly Cloudy 10 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 1:47 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    70° Partly Sunny 3%
  2. 3:02 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    76° Partly Sunny 3%
  3. Rest break 15 min 3:47 PM
  4. 4:33 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    81° Mostly Sunny 5%
  5. 5:49 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    83° Mostly Sunny 6%
  6. Rest break 15 min 6:02 PM
  7. 7:20 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    85° Partly Sunny 9%
  8. Rest break 15 min 8:17 PM
  9. 8:50 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    86° Mostly Sunny 9%
  10. 10:06 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    88° Sunny 10%
  11. Rest break 15 min 10:32 PM
  12. 11:37 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    92° Mostly Clear 4%

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.