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
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
5:03 AM
Arrives
2:53 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 4:03 AM Patchy Fog 35 score Your time 5:03 AM Patchy Fog 35 score Selected 1 hr later 6:03 AM Patchy Fog 32 score ★ Best

Stop-by-stop

  1. 5:03 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    81° Partly Cloudy 1%
  2. 6:18 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    73° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  3. Rest break 15 min 7:03 AM
  4. 7:49 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    73° Mostly Cloudy 6%
  5. 9:05 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    72° Patchy Fog 3%
  6. Rest break 15 min 9:18 AM
  7. 10:36 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    72° Mostly Cloudy 12%
  8. Sunrise 10:40 AM
  9. Rest break 15 min 11:33 AM
  10. 12:07 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    73° Partly Sunny 8%
  11. 1:22 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    76° Partly Sunny 8%
  12. Rest break 15 min 1:48 PM
  13. 2:53 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    85° Mostly Sunny 9%

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.