To provide a waterproof moisture permeable fabric which is lightest in weight as rainwear for outdoor applications such as a parka or a raincoat or as its cloth and has high tensile strength and expansion properties, a method for manufacturing the waterproof moisture permeable fabric, and the rainwear using the waterproof moisture permeable fabric.

A surface cloth 3 is arranged on one side 2a of a porous resin film 2, and a back cloth 4 composed of stitches with hexagons connected is arranged on the other side 2b of the film 2.