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
5:04 PM
Arrives
2:55 AM · Sun, 8/2

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 4:04 PM 6 stops of showers and thunderstorms 521 score ★ Best Your time 5:04 PM 6 stops of showers and thunderstorms 525 score Selected 1 hr later 6:04 PM 6 stops of showers and thunderstorms 523 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 5:04 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    71° Showers And Thunderstorms 92%
  2. 6:20 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    70° Showers And Thunderstorms 86%
  3. Rest break 15 min 7:04 PM
  4. 7:51 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    75° Showers And Thunderstorms 78%
  5. 9:07 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    76° Showers And Thunderstorms 80%
  6. Rest break 15 min 9:19 PM
  7. 10:37 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    77° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 44%
  8. Rest break 15 min 11:34 PM
  9. 12:08 AM · Sun, 8/2 · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    76° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
  10. Sunset 12:51 AM · Sun, 8/2
  11. 1:24 AM · Sun, 8/2 · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    73° Mostly Clear 6%
  12. Rest break 15 min 1:49 AM · Sun, 8/2
  13. 2:55 AM · Sun, 8/2 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    74° Partly Cloudy 6%

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.