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.

Try leaving 1 hr later. The 11:17 AM departure milder conditions overall.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
10:17 AM
Arrives
8:07 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 9:17 AM Patchy Fog 49 score Your time 10:17 AM Patchy Fog 43 score Selected 1 hr later 11:17 AM Mostly Cloudy 13 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 10:17 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    73° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  2. Sunrise 10:38 AM
  3. 11:33 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    69° Patchy Fog 1%
  4. Rest break 15 min 12:17 PM
  5. 1:03 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    72° Patchy Fog
  6. 2:19 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    76° Mostly Cloudy 1%
  7. Rest break 15 min 2:32 PM
  8. 3:50 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    81° Partly Sunny
  9. Rest break 15 min 4:47 PM
  10. 5:21 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    81° Partly Sunny 1%
  11. 6:36 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    87° Mostly Sunny 1%
  12. Rest break 15 min 7:02 PM
  13. 8:07 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    92° Mostly Sunny 1%

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.