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 5:03 AM departure avoids 1 stop with slight chance showers and thunderstorms.

Trip summary

Route
Kansas City, Missouri → Denver, Colorado
Distance
604 mi
Drive time
10 hr 20 min + 1 hr 15 min stopped
Departing
6:03 AM
Arrives
5:39 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 5:03 AM Mostly Cloudy 14 score ★ Best Your time 6:03 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 92 score Selected 1 hr later 7:03 AM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 91 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 6:03 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Kansas City, Missouri
    87° Partly Cloudy 3%
  2. 7:32 AM · 86 mi in
    Near Township of Maple Hill, KS
    83° Partly Cloudy 2%
  3. Rest break 15 min 8:03 AM
  4. 9:15 AM · 172 mi in
    Near Township of Elm Creek, KS
    85° Partly Cloudy 1%
  5. Rest break 15 min 10:18 AM
  6. 10:59 AM · 258 mi in
    Near Township of Herzog, KS
    81° Mostly Sunny 1%
  7. Sunrise 11:35 AM
  8. 12:28 PM · 344 mi in
    Near Grinnell, KS
    76° Partly Sunny
  9. Rest break 15 min 12:33 PM
  10. 2:11 PM · 430 mi in
    Near Burlington, CO
    79° Mostly Sunny 3%
  11. Rest break 15 min 2:48 PM
  12. 3:55 PM · 516 mi in
    Near Agate, CO
    89° Mostly Sunny 5%
  13. Rest break 15 min 5:03 PM
  14. 5:39 PM · 602 mi in
    Arriving in Denver, Colorado
    95° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%

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.