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 2:10 AM departure avoids 1 stop with slight chance showers and thunderstorms.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
1:10 AM
Arrives
11:01 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 12:10 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 352 score Your time 1:10 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 361 score Selected 1 hr later 2:10 AM 3 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 293 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 1:10 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    83° Partly Cloudy 7%
  2. 2:26 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    79° Partly Cloudy 11%
  3. Rest break 15 min 3:10 AM
  4. 3:57 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    74° Partly Cloudy 9%
  5. 5:13 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    74° Patchy Fog 12%
  6. Rest break 15 min 5:25 AM
  7. 6:43 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    74° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 20%
  8. Rest break 15 min 7:40 AM
  9. 8:14 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
  10. 9:30 AM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
  11. Rest break 15 min 9:55 AM
  12. Sunrise 10:49 AM
  13. 11:01 AM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%

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.