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
6:05 AM
Arrives
3:55 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 5:05 AM Partly Cloudy 16 score Your time 6:05 AM Partly Cloudy 12 score Selected 1 hr later 7:05 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 134 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 6:05 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    80° Partly Cloudy 1%
  2. 7:21 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    74° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  3. Rest break 15 min 8:05 AM
  4. 8:51 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    72° Mostly Cloudy 4%
  5. 10:07 AM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    71° Partly Sunny 3%
  6. Rest break 15 min 10:20 AM
  7. Sunrise 10:39 AM
  8. 11:38 AM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    73° Mostly Sunny
  9. Rest break 15 min 12:35 PM
  10. 1:09 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    74° Mostly Sunny 2%
  11. 2:25 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    81° Mostly Sunny 11%
  12. Rest break 15 min 2:50 PM
  13. 3:55 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    87° 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.