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
4:53 AM
Arrives
2:44 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 3:53 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 112 score Your time 4:53 AM Patchy Fog 32 score Selected 1 hr later 5:53 AM Patchy Fog 33 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 4:53 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    81° Partly Cloudy 1%
  2. 6:09 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    73° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  3. Rest break 15 min 6:53 AM
  4. 7:40 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    73° Mostly Cloudy 6%
  5. 8:56 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    72° Patchy Fog 3%
  6. Rest break 15 min 9:08 AM
  7. 10:26 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    72° Partly Sunny 12%
  8. Sunrise 10:40 AM
  9. Rest break 15 min 11:23 AM
  10. 11:57 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Partly Sunny 8%
  11. 1:13 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    76° Partly Sunny 8%
  12. Rest break 15 min 1:38 PM
  13. 2:44 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    85° Mostly Sunny 9%

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.