Weather24Live rain radar: where is it raining now
The rain map for the UK: rain, showers, snow and storm cells.
Rain radar near me
The map shows the whole area; this box checks your spot: is it raining where you are, right now?
The last two hours as a timelapse, plus the next hour.
Live rain: now and over the next few hours
Current readings and the millimetres expected hour by hour. Need another town? Use the search above.
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Next 24 hours · London
Updated 12:00
Rain on the way? The app tells you first
This page shows what's happening now. The app tells you what's about to happen: minute-by-minute rain, a storm alert about 30 minutes ahead and home-screen widgets.
Live weather radar: how to read the map
Colour is intensity
Light green = light rain; solid green and yellow = moderate to heavy; orange and red = very intense rain; the darkest red is the top step, extreme rain from 25 mm/h. Purple is not on this scale: it belongs to the storms layer, which draws the cell, not the rain.
The timelapse shows the direction
The bar under the map runs through the last two hours and the next one. It shows where the front is coming from and whether it will pass over you or to the side.
Three layers, one map
Rain, storms and lightning are separate layers: switch them on with the round buttons on the map, and they stack in the order you turn them on.
Radar or forecast: when to use which
A rain radar answers a narrow question: what is happening in the sky right now and over the next hour. It's the right tool for deciding whether to head out now, hang the washing out, or whether the shower will catch you on the bike. Its strength is precision in time, not range in days.
A forecast works the other way round: it looks days ahead, but stays general about a single shower over your street. Rule of thumb: radar for now and the next hour, forecast for planning the days after.
Data comes from Open-Meteo (licence CC BY 4.0); the base map is OpenStreetMap. Official weather warnings in the UK are issued by the Met Office.