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 2:58 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
1:58 AM
Arrives
11:48 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 12:58 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 362 score Your time 1:58 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 374 score Selected 1 hr later 2:58 AM 3 stops of isolated showers and thunderstorms 275 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 1:58 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    82° Partly Cloudy 10%
  2. 3:13 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    76° Partly Cloudy 12%
  3. Rest break 15 min 3:58 AM
  4. 4:44 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    74° Patchy Fog 12%
  5. 6:00 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    74° Patchy Fog 13%
  6. Rest break 15 min 6:13 AM
  7. 7:31 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
  8. Rest break 15 min 8:28 AM
  9. 9:01 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 20%
  10. 10:17 AM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
  11. Rest break 15 min 10:43 AM
  12. Sunrise 10:47 AM
  13. 11:48 AM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    76° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%

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.