Rainwater Harvest Calculator

Find your rainwater harvest potential.

How to use

  1. Enter your values in the fields above.
  2. Press Calculate to see your result instantly.
  3. Use the Share button to copy a link to your result.

About this calculator

This calculator estimates how much rainwater a roof can harvest, using the standard formula volume = roof area × rainfall × runoff coefficient, where the runoff coefficient (typically 0.8–0.9 for a hard roof) accounts for water lost to evaporation, absorption, and overflow before it reaches a collection tank.

Homeowners planning a rain barrel or cistern system use it to size the tank correctly, and gardeners and sustainability-minded households use it to estimate how much irrigation water they could realistically collect off a given roof area over a season.

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