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
5:17 PM
Arrives
3:07 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 4:17 PM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 101 score Your time 5:17 PM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 90 score Selected 1 hr later 6:17 PM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 96 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 5:17 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    86° Partly Sunny 1%
  2. 6:33 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    86° Partly Sunny
  3. Rest break 15 min 7:17 PM
  4. 8:04 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    84° Partly Sunny 2%
  5. 9:19 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    88° Mostly Sunny 1%
  6. Rest break 15 min 9:32 PM
  7. 10:50 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    86° Partly Cloudy 1%
  8. Rest break 15 min 11:47 PM
  9. 12:21 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    85° Partly Cloudy 2%
  10. Sunset 12:56 AM · Mon, 7/27
  11. 1:37 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    79° Mostly Clear 2%
  12. Rest break 15 min 2:02 AM · Mon, 7/27
  13. 3:07 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%

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.