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 earlier. The 12:20 PM departure avoids 1 stop with slight chance showers and thunderstorms.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
1:20 PM
Arrives
11:10 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 12:20 PM Mostly Cloudy 11 score ★ Best Your time 1:20 PM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 89 score Selected 1 hr later 2:20 PM Mostly Cloudy 17 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 1:20 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    76° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  2. 2:35 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    78° Partly Sunny
  3. Rest break 15 min 3:20 PM
  4. 4:06 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    81° Partly Sunny 3%
  5. 5:22 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    83° Partly Sunny 3%
  6. Rest break 15 min 5:35 PM
  7. 6:53 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    86° Mostly Cloudy 1%
  8. Rest break 15 min 7:50 PM
  9. 8:23 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    85° Partly Sunny 1%
  10. 9:39 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    89° Partly Sunny 2%
  11. Rest break 15 min 10:05 PM
  12. 11:10 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%

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.