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
11:17 AM
Arrives
9:08 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 10:17 AM Patchy Fog 43 score Your time 11:17 AM Mostly Cloudy 13 score Selected 1 hr later 12:17 PM Mostly Cloudy 10 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 11:17 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    73° Mostly Cloudy 3%
  2. 12:33 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    71° Mostly Cloudy
  3. Rest break 15 min 1:17 PM
  4. 2:04 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    75° Mostly Cloudy
  5. 3:20 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    78° Partly Sunny 1%
  6. Rest break 15 min 3:32 PM
  7. 4:51 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    83° Partly Sunny
  8. Rest break 15 min 5:47 PM
  9. 6:21 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    82° Mostly Cloudy
  10. 7:37 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    87° Mostly Sunny 1%
  11. Rest break 15 min 8:02 PM
  12. 9:08 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    93° 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.