Manchester City: Club's new third kit inspired by Manchester weather

Manchester has long been labelled as the rainy city.

Embracing this legacy, Manchester City have now used the wet weather as inspiration for their new third kit for the 2025-26 season.

City's latest jersey features a raindrop graphic over a grey background, with neon green accents on the neck, shoulders and sides.

"This kit is for the City that plays in the rain," the club said.

"The shirt is designed for those who carry City in their hearts, rain or shine."

Greater Manchester sees on average 1,087mm of rainfall a year, according to the Met Office, and there are on average 166 days a year with at least 1mm of rain.

Greater London, in comparison, has on average 114 days with at least 1mm of rain a year.

Despite this, the Manchester Evening News reported, external in 2017 that Manchester ranked 15th in a table of the wettest towns and cities in the UK.

Manufactured by Puma, the new City shirt retails online for between £65 - for the kids' jersey - and £152 for an "authentic jersey" with a name and number printed on the back.

"Grey skies may often be seen overhead in Manchester, but this City brings electrifying football to the pitch whatever the weather," the club added.

"The kit carries a message from Manchester: even when it rains, we shine."

They also said the vibrant neon green accents symbolise "the standout quality" of Manchester City.

The rain-inspired kit did not appear to go down well with some City fans on social media, with one supporter reacting "can you unrelease it please", while another said "this might just end up being the most terrible kit in the history of the Prem".

It is not the only City kit that has split opinion in recent years. Last season's fourth kit - co-designed by Oasis star Noel Gallagher - drew criticism, while a number of fans were unimpressed by the 2021-22 third kit which replaced the club's badge with 'Man City' spelt out in capital letters.

Last month, National League side Forest Green Rovers launched a vegan kit with a fluorescent leopard-style print pattern that divided opinion.

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