When Will It Stop Raining? The Best Apps Ranked

You're staring out the window with somewhere to be. The question isn't "what's the weather" — it's when does this stop, and when should I leave?

What to look for

An hourly (or finer) precipitation timeline, not a daily summary. A "rain ends around…" answer in words. Bonus: awareness of what your day actually looks like.

The ranking

1. Calendar Weather — when it stops, and when to go

Our app, and the reason this post exists: the 24-hour rain curve with your calendar drawn on top, plus a plain-words verdict — "Rain, then clearing" — and a green band on the driest window that fits your plans. It doesn't just say the rain stops at 3:10; it says your dog walk fits best at 3:15.

2. Apple Weather — the free baseline

The built-in app inherited Dark Sky's short-range rain smarts. Good "rain ending soon" notifications; no idea what you have planned.

3. Radar apps

Great for watching a storm cell approach. Less great at 7 AM when you need a yes/no on cycling to work — you become the forecaster.

How Calendar Weather solves this

Open the app and the outlook headline already answers the question — "Dry, then rain", "Rain, then clearing", "Mostly dry" — with the hour-by-hour curve to back it up. Below, every activity you've set up gets its best window in the next 24 hours. When it's raining, the engine points to the lightest stretch instead of pretending there's a dry one.