Best waterproof cycling pants 2025: tested and rated for breathability, water repellance and overall comfort

Our top-rated and best waterproof cycling trousers for protecting your lower half when the rain starts to fall on your commute or gravel ride

Gorewear Endure GORE-TEX pants
(Image credit: Anne-Marije Rook)

Let's clear something up from the word go: the best waterproof cycling trousers are not just for winter riding. They are a perfect addition to your waterproof cycling kit year-round, and they certainly are not just for commuters and mountain bikers either.

The best waterproof cycling pants are close to essential, espically if your bike isn't equipped with mounts for the best bike fenders. Designed to slip over your trousers, jeans, or cycling shorts, they’ll keep you dry when it rains and also provide some added protection against the wind.

Paul Norman

Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015, covering cycling tech, new bikes and product testing. Since then, he’s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website.

He’s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California. He’s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too, riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.

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