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 6:12 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
7:12 PM
Arrives
5:02 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 6:12 PM 3 stops of isolated showers and thunderstorms 256 score ★ Best Your time 7:12 PM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 338 score Selected 1 hr later 8:12 PM 3 stops of scattered showers and thunderstorms 264 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 7:12 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    87° Partly Sunny 4%
  2. 8:27 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    87° Partly Sunny 2%
  3. Rest break 15 min 9:12 PM
  4. 9:58 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    84° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  5. 11:14 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    85° Mostly Cloudy 7%
  6. Rest break 15 min 11:27 PM
  7. 12:45 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
  8. Sunset 12:59 AM · Mon, 7/27
  9. Rest break 15 min 1:42 AM · Mon, 7/27
  10. 2:15 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    78° Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
  11. 3:31 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    78° Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
  12. Rest break 15 min 3:57 AM · Mon, 7/27
  13. 5:02 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%

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.