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
6:20 PM
Arrives
4:10 AM · Mon, 7/27

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 5:20 PM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 90 score ★ Best Your time 6:20 PM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 99 score Selected 1 hr later 7:20 PM 2 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 179 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 6:20 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    88° Partly Sunny 5%
  2. 7:36 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    87° Partly Sunny 3%
  3. Rest break 15 min 8:20 PM
  4. 9:06 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    84° Partly Sunny 4%
  5. 10:22 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    85° Mostly Cloudy 5%
  6. Rest break 15 min 10:35 PM
  7. 11:53 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    87° Partly Cloudy 7%
  8. Rest break 15 min 12:50 AM · Mon, 7/27
  9. Sunset 12:57 AM · Mon, 7/27
  10. 1:24 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    81° Partly Cloudy 4%
  11. 2:39 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    78° Partly Cloudy 6%
  12. Rest break 15 min 3:05 AM · Mon, 7/27
  13. 4:10 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 37%

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.