For a question like “when is it raining” , an exact answer always depends on a specific location and time window, and that requires live weather data from an external forecast service, which is not directly accessible here.

Why a precise time needs your location

Weather models and rain radars calculate precipitation on a grid over the globe, then interpolate for your coordinates.

Because of this, “when is it raining” must be translated into something like:

  • “Will it rain today in Berlin, Germany between 3–9 pm?”
  • “What hour will rain start and stop in Los Angeles, CA?”

Without the city, region, or GPS coordinates, any answer would be incomplete or misleading, especially for fast‑changing showers or storms.

How you can get “when” instead of just “if”

Most modern forecast and radar tools now answer “when is it raining” more precisely than old‑style general forecasts.

  • Hyper‑local weather apps
    • Many apps use radar‑based short‑term rain prediction (“nowcasting”) to tell you “rain starting in 12 minutes, stopping in 45 minutes.”
* Some even show a **countdown clock** to rain start/stop at your location, plus graphs of intensity over the next hours.
  • Live radar maps
    • Radar sites and apps let you see rain areas moving toward you in near real time (updates every 5–10 minutes), which is ideal for deciding if you’ll get wet in the next hour.
  • Forecast APIs and services
    • Open forecast APIs combine models with radar and other observations to give frequently updated local rain predictions, but they still need your coordinates to be useful.

What to do next

If you tell the exact city/region (or coordinates) and the time frame you care about (e.g., “tonight,” “this weekend,” “next 2 hours”), the question “when is it raining” can be turned into a precise, answerable forecast by a live weather source.

Right now, without that real‑time feed and your location, any concrete minute‑by‑minute rain timing would be a guess, which would violate the “avoid incomplete” rule you set.