Rain on a real window

Rain on the glass, made live in your browser. Every drop you see land is a drop you hear. Move to look past the glass, breathe on it, write in it.

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59 real places · synthesised sound · nothing loops · headphones recommended Places and settings ↓

Rain Sounds Rain puts you behind a window in the rain. Pick a place, from a temple garden in Kyoto to a car on the New Jersey Turnpike, and listen to rain that is made live, drop by drop, as you watch it land on the glass. It never loops, it is free, and there is nothing to install.

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Pick a setting

SleepSteady rain on a tent at night, a dimmed screen and a 60-minute fade out.StudyRain on a city window with soft brown noise and a built-in 25/5 focus timer.Coffee shopRain on a café window with quiet chatter, cups and a warm room behind you.ReadingRain on a window over a misty pine forest with a crackling fire inside.RelaxRain over a harbor at dusk, a candle in the window and slow music.ThunderstormHeavy rain, lightning and rolling thunder over a stormy beach.

59 places to listen from

Windows

Car at nightNew Jersey Turnpike, USATrain windowChongqing, ChinaTentWellesley Island State Park, New YorkSkylightOregon, USACafé windowGothenburg, SwedenGreenhouseWindows

Cities

CityVancouverTokyoShibuya Crossing, TokyoParisCitiesVeniceCitiesKyotoGinkaku-ji, KyotoNew YorkMidtown Manhattan, New YorkLondonCitiesSeoulCitiesHong KongCitiesAmsterdamCitiesEdinburghCitiesPragueCitiesIstanbulCitiesSingaporeMarina Bay, SingaporeSan FranciscoGolden Gate, San FranciscoSeattleCitiesMumbai monsoonMumbaiBangkokCities

By the water

HarborOlympia, WashingtonBeachBy the waterLakeLake Rotoiti, New ZealandFjordStryn, NorwayLighthousePort Bruce, OntarioHallstattHallstatt, AustriaLake ComoVilla del Balbianello, Lake ComoHa Long BayHa Long Bay, VietnamAtlantic cliffsBy the waterTropical stormBy the waterBayouBy the waterBlack sand beachReynisfjara, Iceland

Wild places

ForestPietroasa, RomaniaCabinCamp Sherman, OregonJungleMount Whitfield, QueenslandDesertSossusvlei, NamibiaCountrysidePenzance, CornwallWaterfallSkógafoss, IcelandBamboo forestArashiyama, KyotoRedwoodsRedwood City, CaliforniaIsle of SkyeIsle of Skye, ScotlandAutumn forestWild placesCherry blossomsSensō-ji, TokyoRice terracesBali, IndonesiaTea hillsCameron Highlands, MalaysiaSavanna stormMasai Mara, KenyaGrand CanyonGrand Canyon, ArizonaLavender fieldsProvence, FranceAmazonNear Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Snow

MountainSnowVillageSwitzerlandNorthern lightsSkulsfjord, NorwayCabin in a blizzardAppenzell, SwitzerlandChristmas marketPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaIcebergGreenland

How it works

The pictures are real photographs. Each one has a depth map, so the view shifts as you move, and a mask that tells the rain where the sky and the water are. Rain rings spread on lakes and canals, lightning only shows in the sky, and fog gathers on the glass the way it does on a cold window.

The sound is not a recording. Your browser models the rain drop by drop, with the window muffling the world outside, and adds the sounds that belong to each place: water lapping in Venice, bells in a Swiss village, a crossing signal in Tokyo. Thunder arrives after the lightning, later and deeper the further away the strike.

Questions

Are these real rain recordings?
No. The photographs are real, but the rain is made live in your browser, drop by drop. Each drop you see land on the glass is a drop you hear, so nothing ever loops.
Is it free?
Yes. There are no accounts, no ads and nothing to install.
Can I fall asleep to it?
Yes. Pick Sleep, or choose any place and set Fade out to 15, 30 or 60 minutes so the sound stops on its own.
Does it work on my phone?
It works in current versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge on phones, tablets and computers. Headphones make the biggest difference.
What can I do with the window?
Move to look past the glass. Drag to wipe the fog, hold still to breathe on the glass and then write in it, and tap to add a drop.