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.

Trip summary

Route
Kansas City, Missouri → Denver, Colorado
Distance
604 mi
Drive time
10 hr 20 min + 1 hr 15 min stopped
Departing
7:01 AM
Arrives
6:36 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 6:01 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 92 score Your time 7:01 AM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 91 score Selected 1 hr later 8:01 AM 1 stop of chance showers and thunderstorms 92 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 7:01 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Kansas City, Missouri
    87° Partly Cloudy 3%
  2. 8:29 AM · 86 mi in
    Near Township of Maple Hill, KS
    83° Partly Cloudy 2%
  3. Rest break 15 min 9:01 AM
  4. 10:13 AM · 172 mi in
    Near Township of Elm Creek, KS
    83° Mostly Clear 1%
  5. Rest break 15 min 11:16 AM
  6. Sunrise 11:32 AM
  7. 11:57 AM · 258 mi in
    Near Township of Herzog, KS
    80° Partly Sunny
  8. 1:25 PM · 344 mi in
    Near Grinnell, KS
    78° Mostly Sunny
  9. Rest break 15 min 1:31 PM
  10. 3:09 PM · 430 mi in
    Near Burlington, CO
    83° Mostly Sunny 7%
  11. Rest break 15 min 3:46 PM
  12. 4:52 PM · 516 mi in
    Near Agate, CO
    93° Sunny 5%
  13. Rest break 15 min 6:01 PM
  14. 6:36 PM · 602 mi in
    Arriving in Denver, Colorado
    96° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 31%

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.