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 5:09 PM departure avoids 1 stop with chance showers and thunderstorms.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
6:09 PM
Arrives
3:59 AM · Tue, 7/28

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 5:09 PM 4 stops of showers and thunderstorms likely 350 score ★ Best Your time 6:09 PM 5 stops of chance showers and thunderstorms 426 score Selected 1 hr later 7:09 PM 6 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 510 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 6:09 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    88° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
  2. 7:24 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    89° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 22%
  3. Rest break 15 min 8:09 PM
  4. 8:55 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    88° Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms 36%
  5. 10:11 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    87° Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
  6. Rest break 15 min 10:24 PM
  7. 11:42 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    89° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
  8. Rest break 15 min 12:39 AM · Tue, 7/28
  9. Sunset 12:56 AM · Tue, 7/28
  10. 1:12 AM · Tue, 7/28 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    83° Partly Cloudy 13%
  11. 2:28 AM · Tue, 7/28 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    82° Partly Cloudy
  12. Rest break 15 min 2:54 AM · Tue, 7/28
  13. 3:59 AM · Tue, 7/28 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    81° Partly Cloudy 10%

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.