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
Kansas City, Missouri → Denver, Colorado
Distance
604 mi
Drive time
10 hr 20 min + 1 hr 15 min stopped
Departing
5:23 AM
Arrives
4:58 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 4:23 AM Mostly Cloudy 11 score ★ Best Your time 5:23 AM Mostly Cloudy 14 score Selected 1 hr later 6:23 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 90 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 5:23 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Kansas City, Missouri
    88° Mostly Cloudy 3%
  2. 6:51 AM · 86 mi in
    Near Township of Maple Hill, KS
    84° Partly Cloudy 2%
  3. Rest break 15 min 7:23 AM
  4. 8:35 AM · 172 mi in
    Near Township of Elm Creek, KS
    85° Partly Cloudy 1%
  5. Rest break 15 min 9:38 AM
  6. 10:18 AM · 258 mi in
    Near Township of Herzog, KS
    82° Partly Cloudy 1%
  7. Sunrise 11:37 AM
  8. 11:47 AM · 344 mi in
    Near Grinnell, KS
    76° Mostly Sunny
  9. Rest break 15 min 11:53 AM
  10. 1:31 PM · 430 mi in
    Near Burlington, CO
    79° Mostly Sunny 3%
  11. Rest break 15 min 2:08 PM
  12. 3:14 PM · 516 mi in
    Near Agate, CO
    81° Mostly Sunny 5%
  13. Rest break 15 min 4:23 PM
  14. 4:58 PM · 602 mi in
    Arriving in Denver, Colorado
    93° Mostly Sunny 8%

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.