Steady rain, drop by drop
This rain is not a recording. Your browser builds it from scratch: a filtered whoosh for the body of the rain, then thousands of tiny drops placed at random from left to right, plus a few closer drops that sound sharper, as if they hit a window sill near you. With headphones you can hear the rain all around you. The loop lasts 12 seconds and joins without a seam, so there is no click or gap.
Rain is one of the most searched sleep sounds, and it is easy to see why. It is steady like white noise, but it has small details that the ear can follow without effort. It covers traffic, a neighbor or a ticking clock, and most people already link it with staying inside, warm and dry.
When rain sounds help
| Moment | Suggested setting |
|---|---|
| Falling asleep | Timer 30 or 45 min, volume 3 to 5 |
| All night | No limit, volume 2 to 4, phone across the room |
| Reading or studying | 1 hour, volume 3, then a break |
| A nap | 20 min, then a wake up with the timer |
The fade out takes up the last tenth of the timer, two minutes at most, so the rain seems to stop on its own. If you wake up at night, a long timer or no limit is better than a short one that ends just as you fall asleep again.
Rain, storm or something else
If you like the rain but want more drama, the thunderstorm uses the same rain, a little heavier, with distant and close thunder. If the drops feel too busy, pink noise sounds like smooth rain with no detail at all. For a calmer water sound, try the river.
Keep the volume low. A good test: you should be able to talk over it without raising your voice. And keep the speaker away from your pillow, especially if you play it for hours.