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
9:06 AM
Arrives
6:56 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 8:06 AM Patchy Fog 61 score Your time 9:06 AM Patchy Fog 49 score Selected 1 hr later 10:06 AM Patchy Fog 43 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 9:06 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    73° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  2. 10:21 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    68° Patchy Fog 1%
  3. Sunrise 10:39 AM
  4. Rest break 15 min 11:06 AM
  5. 11:52 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    69° Patchy Fog
  6. 1:08 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    72° Mostly Cloudy 1%
  7. Rest break 15 min 1:21 PM
  8. 2:39 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    79° Mostly Cloudy
  9. Rest break 15 min 3:36 PM
  10. 4:09 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    79° Mostly Cloudy 1%
  11. 5:25 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    84° Partly Sunny
  12. Rest break 15 min 5:51 PM
  13. 6:56 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    92° Mostly Sunny 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.