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.

Try leaving 1 hr earlier. The 2:28 PM departure avoids 1 stop with isolated showers and thunderstorms.

Trip summary

Route
Chicago, Illinois → Nashville, Tennessee
Distance
467 mi
Drive time
8 hr 50 min + 1 hr stopped
Departing
3:28 PM
Arrives
1:19 AM · Sun, 6/28

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 2:28 PM 5 stops of scattered showers and thunderstorms 461 score ★ Best Your time 3:28 PM 6 stops of isolated showers and thunderstorms 512 score Selected 1 hr later 4:28 PM 6 stops of isolated showers and thunderstorms 511 score

Stop-by-stop

  1. 3:28 PM · 0 mi in
    Leaving Chicago, Illinois
    66° Partly Sunny 1%
  2. 4:44 PM · 67 mi in
    Near Township of Union, IN
    77° Mostly Cloudy 12%
  3. Rest break 15 min 5:28 PM
  4. 6:15 PM · 134 mi in
    Near Township of Washington, IN
    75° Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
  5. 7:31 PM · 200 mi in
    Near Township of Needham, IN
    79° Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
  6. Rest break 15 min 7:43 PM
  7. 9:01 PM · 267 mi in
    Near Vienna, IN
    81° Showers And Thunderstorms 75%
  8. Rest break 15 min 9:58 PM
  9. 10:32 PM · 334 mi in
    Near Elizabethtown, KY
    80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
  10. 11:48 PM · 401 mi in
    Near Bowling Green, KY
    80° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 59%
  11. Rest break 15 min 12:13 AM · Sun, 6/28
  12. Sunset 1:08 AM · Sun, 6/28
  13. 1:19 AM · Sun, 6/28 · 468 mi in
    Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee
    80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 46%

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.