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
3:09 PM
Arrives
1:00 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 2:09 PM Mostly Cloudy 8 score ★ Best Your time 3:09 PM Partly Cloudy 10 score Selected 1 hr later 4:09 PM Partly Cloudy 17 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 3:09 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    74° Mostly Sunny 2%
  2. 4:25 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    78° Partly Sunny 3%
  3. Rest break 15 min 5:09 PM
  4. 5:56 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    82° Partly Sunny 5%
  5. 7:12 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    84° Mostly Sunny 6%
  6. Rest break 15 min 7:24 PM
  7. 8:42 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    86° Mostly Sunny 4%
  8. Rest break 15 min 9:39 PM
  9. 10:13 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    86° Partly Cloudy 10%
  10. 11:29 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    89° Partly Cloudy 6%
  11. Rest break 15 min 11:54 PM
  12. 1:00 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.