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 3:00 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
2:00 AM
Arrives
11:51 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 1:00 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 362 score Your time 2:00 AM 4 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 374 score Selected 1 hr later 3:00 AM 3 stops of isolated showers and thunderstorms 275 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 2:00 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    82° Partly Cloudy 10%
  2. 3:16 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    76° Partly Cloudy 12%
  3. Rest break 15 min 4:00 AM
  4. 4:47 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    74° Patchy Fog 12%
  5. 6:03 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    74° Patchy Fog 13%
  6. Rest break 15 min 6:15 AM
  7. 7:34 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
  8. Rest break 15 min 8:30 AM
  9. 9:04 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 20%
  10. 10:20 AM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
  11. Rest break 15 min 10:45 AM
  12. Sunrise 10:47 AM
  13. 11:51 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.