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 later. The 10:12 PM departure avoids 1 stop with scattered showers and thunderstorms.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
9:12 PM
Arrives
7:02 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 8:12 PM 4 stops of isolated showers and thunderstorms 342 score Your time 9:12 PM 3 stops of scattered showers and thunderstorms 290 score Selected 1 hr later 10:12 PM 2 stops of scattered showers and thunderstorms 232 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 9:12 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    87° Partly Sunny 2%
  2. 10:27 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    85° Partly Sunny 4%
  3. Rest break 15 min 11:12 PM
  4. 11:58 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    82° Partly Cloudy 6%
  5. Sunset 1:03 AM · Mon, 7/27
  6. 1:14 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    79° Mostly Cloudy 9%
  7. Rest break 15 min 1:27 AM · Mon, 7/27
  8. 2:45 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    78° Scattered Rain Showers 27%
  9. Rest break 15 min 3:42 AM · Mon, 7/27
  10. 4:15 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    76° Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms 36%
  11. 5:31 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    77° Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms 49%
  12. Rest break 15 min 5:57 AM · Mon, 7/27
  13. 7:02 AM · Mon, 7/27 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 56%

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.