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
12:11 AM
Arrives
10:01 AM

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 11:11 PM · Sun, 7/26 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 353 score Your time 12:11 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 352 score Selected 1 hr later 1:11 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 361 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 12:11 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    85° Partly Cloudy 5%
  2. Sunset 1:12 AM
  3. 1:27 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    81° Partly Cloudy 9%
  4. Rest break 15 min 2:11 AM
  5. 2:57 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    74° Partly Cloudy 6%
  6. 4:13 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    74° Mostly Cloudy 10%
  7. Rest break 15 min 4:26 AM
  8. 5:44 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 20%
  9. Rest break 15 min 6:41 AM
  10. 7:15 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
  11. 8:30 AM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 36%
  12. Rest break 15 min 8:56 AM
  13. 10:01 AM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    76° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%

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.