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 4:10 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
3:10 AM
Arrives
1:00 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 2:10 AM 2 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 209 score Your time 3:10 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 113 score Selected 1 hr later 4:10 AM Patchy Fog 33 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 3:10 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    84° Partly Cloudy 1%
  2. 4:26 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    75° Partly Cloudy 3%
  3. Rest break 15 min 5:10 AM
  4. 5:56 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    73° Partly Cloudy 13%
  5. 7:12 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    73° Patchy Fog 3%
  6. Rest break 15 min 7:25 AM
  7. 8:43 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
  8. Rest break 15 min 9:40 AM
  9. 10:14 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Partly Sunny 9%
  10. Sunrise 10:43 AM
  11. 11:30 AM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    75° Mostly Sunny 6%
  12. Rest break 15 min 11:55 AM
  13. 1:00 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    78° Partly Sunny 8%

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.