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 4:52 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
3:52 AM
Arrives
1:42 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 2:52 AM 2 stops of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 194 score Your time 3:52 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 113 score Selected 1 hr later 4:52 AM Patchy Fog 33 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 3:52 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    83° Partly Cloudy 1%
  2. 5:08 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    74° Partly Cloudy 4%
  3. Rest break 15 min 5:52 AM
  4. 6:38 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    73° Mostly Cloudy 13%
  5. 7:54 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    72° Patchy Fog 3%
  6. Rest break 15 min 8:07 AM
  7. 9:25 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
  8. Rest break 15 min 10:22 AM
  9. Sunrise 10:42 AM
  10. 10:56 AM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    72° Partly Sunny 6%
  11. 12:12 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    75° Mostly Sunny 6%
  12. Rest break 15 min 12:37 PM
  13. 1:42 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    81° Mostly Sunny 11%

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.