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
8:59 AM
Arrives
6:50 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 7:59 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 86 score ★ Best Your time 8:59 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 89 score Selected 1 hr later 9:59 AM 1 stop of slight chance showers and thunderstorms 89 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 8:59 AM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    78° Partly Cloudy 2%
  2. 10:15 AM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    74° Mostly Clear 5%
  3. Sunrise 10:32 AM
  4. Rest break 15 min 10:59 AM
  5. 11:46 AM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    74° Sunny 9%
  6. 1:02 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    77° Sunny 10%
  7. Rest break 15 min 1:14 PM
  8. 2:32 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    84° Sunny 3%
  9. Rest break 15 min 3:29 PM
  10. 4:03 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    84° Mostly Sunny 4%
  11. 5:19 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    87° Sunny 7%
  12. Rest break 15 min 5:44 PM
  13. 6:50 PM · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    93° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%

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.