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
8:18 AM
Arrives
6:09 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 7:18 AM Patchy Fog 26 score ★ Best Your time 8:18 AM Patchy Fog 46 score Selected 1 hr later 9:18 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 108 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 8:18 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    80° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  2. 9:34 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    74° Mostly Cloudy 13%
  3. Rest break 15 min 10:18 AM
  4. Sunrise 10:40 AM
  5. 11:05 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    72° Patchy Fog 11%
  6. 12:20 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    72° Patchy Fog 4%
  7. Rest break 15 min 12:33 PM
  8. 1:51 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    80° Partly Sunny 1%
  9. Rest break 15 min 2:48 PM
  10. 3:22 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    81° Partly Sunny 1%
  11. 4:38 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    88° Mostly Sunny 3%
  12. Rest break 15 min 5:03 PM
  13. 6:09 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    93° Sunny 5%

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.