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Manchester City's rain-inspired third kit for the 2025-26 season 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. Vote for the best kits for 2025-26 so far Latest Manchester City news, analysis and fan views Get Manchester City news sent straight to your phone Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Brady questioning my work ethic was very unfair - Rooney Premier League predictions 2025-26: BBC Sport pundits pick their top four Premier League news conferences: Wissa to miss Brentford opener amid transfer speculation Special access to a US F-16 Fighting Falcon Why was this French film so controversial? Preview a revealing new documentary about boxer Tommy Fury A sci-fi dream that became reality A bold new era of football on BBC Sport: Your game, your season How will your club fare? Phil Mc Nulty's Premier League predictions Brady questioning my work ethic was very unfair - Rooney Spurs squander two-goal lead as PSG win Super Cup on penalties. Video Spurs squander two-goal lead as PSG win Super Cup on penalties Work to do as Spurs collapse - but promising signs for Frank 'High stakes game of poker' - Newcastle 'together' despite Isak saga Wildcards, breakouts and new faces - 22 Premier League players to watch 'He has made young players dream' - the making of Liverpool icon Salah What is multi-club ownership in football? Video What is multi-club ownership in football? 'Shoddy, shabby & not good enough' - but Rangers do what they need to Watch: Mic'd up Livingstone captains team in real time. Video Watch: Mic'd up Livingstone captains team in real time Fresh or fatigued - how rested is your Premier League team's squad? Lewandowski, Man Utd and the transfer that got away. Video Lewandowski, Man Utd and the transfer that got away Why have Ferrari been unable to win a title since 2008? Owners worth billions, so why might Red Bull era dawn slowly at Newcastle? When England won by two runs - the greatest ever Test match? Video When England won by two runs - the greatest ever Test match? Becky Zerlentes - the first female boxer to die in fight in US Hansie Cronje, match-fixing and plane crash that left a complex legacy Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.