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
4:10 PM
Arrives
2:00 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 3:10 PM Mostly Cloudy 17 score ★ Best Your time 4:10 PM Mostly Cloudy 20 score Selected 1 hr later 5:10 PM Mostly Cloudy 18 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 4:10 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    84° Mostly Cloudy
  2. 5:26 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    84° Mostly Cloudy 1%
  3. Rest break 15 min 6:10 PM
  4. 6:56 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    85° Mostly Sunny 4%
  5. 8:12 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    87° Mostly Sunny 2%
  6. Rest break 15 min 8:25 PM
  7. 9:43 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    88° Partly Cloudy 1%
  8. Rest break 15 min 10:40 PM
  9. 11:14 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    86° Mostly Cloudy 2%
  10. 12:29 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    87° Partly Cloudy 4%
  11. Rest break 15 min 12:55 AM · Mon, 7/27
  12. Sunset 12:58 AM · Mon, 7/27
  13. 2:00 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    83° Mostly Cloudy 7%

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.