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
12:12 PM
Arrives
10:02 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 11:12 AM Patchy Fog 29 score Your time 12:12 PM Mostly Cloudy 14 score Selected 1 hr later 1:12 PM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 89 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 12:12 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    74° Mostly Cloudy 3%
  2. 1:28 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    71° Mostly Cloudy
  3. Rest break 15 min 2:12 PM
  4. 2:58 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    78° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  5. 4:14 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    81° Partly Sunny 2%
  6. Rest break 15 min 4:27 PM
  7. 5:45 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    84° Partly Sunny
  8. Rest break 15 min 6:42 PM
  9. 7:16 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    83° Mostly Cloudy 1%
  10. 8:31 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    88° Mostly Sunny 1%
  11. Rest break 15 min 8:57 PM
  12. 10:02 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    92° Sunny 11%

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.