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Mood music guide

Rainy Day Music for Studying, Sleeping and Moody Videos

Rainy-day music covers more than one mood: a soft, sleepy evening, a melancholy walk, or a warm café seen through a wet window. This guide shows how to choose between them and how to build a long, steady rainy playlist.

Browse rainy-day music
280tracks tagged for rain
50–189BPM range (median 80)
93%instrumental
2:38typical track length

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Newest 60 tracks that match this guide. Free to download, no sign-up, commercial use OK. All music is AI-generated. The Download button opens the track’s page (in Japanese), where the MP3 download starts.

A Night of Quiet Rain Ⅱ3:35 · 50 BPM · instrumental
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A Night of Quiet Rain3:25 · 50 BPM · instrumental
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A Night Sleeping to the Sound of Rain Ⅱ3:28 · 52 BPM · instrumental
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A Night Sleeping to the Sound of Rain3:14 · 52 BPM · instrumental
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Wrapped in the Sound of Rain Ⅱ3:01 · 50 BPM · instrumental
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Wrapped in the Sound of Rain3:19 · 50 BPM · instrumental
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Under the Eaves Sheltering from the Rain Ⅱ3:27 · 72 BPM · instrumental
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Under the Eaves Sheltering from the Rain3:12 · 72 BPM · instrumental
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A Rainbow After the Rain Ⅱ3:03 · 88 BPM · instrumental
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A Rainbow After the Rain2:46 · 88 BPM · instrumental
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Three kinds of rainy-day mood

“Rain” is a tag, not a single feeling. The tracks tagged for rain run from 50 to 189 BPM, with a median near 80, so you can pick the part of that range that fits what you are making.

Match the genre to the job

Keep the rain feeling without competing with it

If your footage already has rain on glass or a wet street, the picture carries the mood. Choose a quieter, sparser track and let the real sound of the scene sit underneath. If the footage is dry, a track with gentle, falling-note patterns can suggest rain on its own.

Build a long rainy playlist

  1. Start with the slowest track you like.
  2. Add similar-tempo tracks; the typical track is about 2:38 long, so ten tracks run about half an hour.
  3. Keep the loudness similar across tracks.
  4. Vary the instruments slowly: piano, then guitar, then soft synth.
  5. Finish with a gentle fade-out.

A quick selection workflow

  1. Name the mood in one word: sleepy, sad, cozy, calm.
  2. Search “rain” and sort by tempo.
  3. Preview 15 seconds over your footage or while you work.
  4. Check the ending and the quietest section.
  5. Keep the music below your voice if you narrate.

Where to start

Frequently asked questions

Is this rain music free for commercial use?

Yes. The tracks are free to download without registration and can be used in commercial projects. You may not resell or redistribute the audio files themselves. See the license summary.

Do I need to credit the music?

No. A credit is optional: Music: Nihonichi Free BGM.

Are the tracks instrumental?

The rain-tagged tracks are 93% instrumental.

Do the tracks include the sound of rain?

They are music, not sound-effect recordings. Layer a rain recording of your own if you want actual rain sound.

Could my video still get a Content ID claim?

All tracks are AI-generated, and there is no promise that an automated system will never flag a track, because such systems can sometimes detect musical similarity. If a platform flags a video, follow its review or dispute process.

Before you publish: every track here is AI-generated and free to download without signing up. Read the plain-English license summary for what you can and cannot do, and preview the music in your real edit or mix first.

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