To provide the outer mirror for a vehicle, which can remove even comparatively small rain drops, and furthermore can be lowered in cost.

A door mirror 1 acting as the outer mirror is formed out of a mirror main body 2, a housing 3 which houses the mirror main body 2 in such a way that the glass surface 2A of the mirror main body 2 is directed to a front face, and of a door mirror base 4 fixing the housing 3 to the door of a vehicle. And an ultra water repellent film 5 is formed at the upper part of the glass surface 2A of the mirror main body 2, and a transparent water repellent film 6 is formed in the glass surface other than the aforesaid upper part. Carbon black and the like lowering the reflection rate of visible light, may be added to the ultra water repellent film 5.