When water vapour condence, it forms tiny drops of water that form clouds. When do these droplets come down as rain?

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Water vapour condenses to form tiny droplets that form clouds. If there are dust particles in the clouds on which the water droplets can settle and get bigger, then the droplets will eventually become large enough to fall as rain drops.

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