57 Bad Weather Activities That Will Save Any Summer Day, No Matter How Rainy It Is

57 tips for bad weather activities, with which you have fun in the rain: at home, out but covered or outdoors!

It’s summer, it’s the weekend, your friends or family finally all have time and you have resolved to use the opportunity to do something really cool again and then … it rains.

But rain is no reason to despair and hide your head under the covers. With these 57 tips for really cool bad-weather activities, you’ll be in a good mood and have fun on any rainy day, whether at home, indoors under a protective roof or outdoors!

13 Outdoor Bad Weather Activities – Fun in the Rain Under the Open Sky

Not only accepting the rain, but embracing it with enthusiasm – that’s the right attitude for all outdoor fans, nature boys (and girls) and anyone who doesn’t want to let the weather dictate if and when they go out!

1. Go rafting – You’ll get soaking wet anyway.
2. City walk in the rain – No problem with a big umbrella and guaranteed more space on the sidewalks.
3. Rain walk in nature – Feel the wet lawn barefoot or be a child again and jump wildly through puddles.
4. Photo safari in the rain – photograph reflections in puddles, window panes with drops beading down, crowds with umbrellas, etc. and capture the soft melancholy of summer rain
5. Picking mushrooms in the woods – When it rains they just sprout and from June the summer boletus grows!
6. Jogging in the rain – in any case, you are guaranteed not to be soaked with sweat
7. Diving in lake or other water
8. Quad biking through mud and rain
9. Dirt bike riding
10. Stand Up Paddling
11. Guerrilla Picnicking in the Rain – Under bridges, ledges, shelters in the forest, at bus stops or in pavilions in the park: With rain gear, portable music and a thermos full of grog you are well equipped ?
12. Rain barbecue
13. Rain frisbee with an XXL frisbee disc

23 Indoor Bad-Weather Activities – Cool Activities Under a Protective Roof

Second possibility: you leave the house and experience an adventure – but covered, protected from wind and weather in the dry.

14. Escape Room / Escape Game – Free yourselves together from an Escape Room, solve tricky puzzles and exciting tasks and immerse yourself in a very special atmosphere.
15. Lasertag
16. Indoor Paintball
17. Black light mini golf – Dive into a luminous dream world and swing the club
18. Floating – drift off into total relaxation
19. Enjoy pure wellness in a thermal spa
20. Fun in the indoor pool
21. Crackling and climbing in the climbing hall
22. Let yourself be surprised – in the cinema in the Sneak Preview
23. Go to the drive-in cinema and watch retro movies in a different way
24. Attend a play, preferably a scandalous one
25. Attend a concert, opera or musical
26. Get drunk in a karaoke bar and sing songs in a contest
27. Go to a museum again – why not try our museum challenge?
28. Go back to the library and find inspiration in novels, travel guides, cookbooks and how-to books
29. Extensive shopping in the mall
30. Flight simulator or racing simulator
31. Go old school karting
32. Play indoor cross boccia
33. Going to a pub quiz with friends
34. Trying out an experience restaurant, e.g. dinner in the dark or mystery dinner
35. Browse in a rustic café or an Asian tea room in a special atmosphere
36. Buy a streetcar ticket for the day, travel in circles or back and forth, and play fun games while doing so!

21 Bad Weather Activities at Home – The Hottest Events in Your Own Four Walls

37. Host your own trivia night, ever played a culinary quiz with a taste test?
38. Bingewatching with an awesome tv-show
39. Movie night
40. Challenge your friends to a cooking challenge
41. Playing pantomime
42. Play mafia / werewolves
43. Have a house rallye
44. Have an Olympics game at home
45. Call a game night
46. Have a theme party at home
47. Make your own videos at home
48. Invite people to a contest of the best Wii U party games
49. Host a darts tournament at home with different dart variations
50. Play the ladder ball game at home
51. Do fun fitness sports together like Piloxing or Zumba
52. Have a picnic in your own living room
53. Reminisce nostalgically with others – everyone brings an old photo album and talks about the past
54. Doing crafts together – ideal with kids, but adults also enjoy challenging crafts like origami
55. Singstar evening
56. Host a private wine tasting party with your best friends
57. Chocolate fondue with summer fruit

And if the sun does shine? We have ideas for that too! Take a look at our tips for summer activities as well as around the year for activities with friends, couples or family.

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