Spanish

Weather and Seasons

Understand the weather and use it to talk about your plans.

4 min

The idea

Weather gives you an easy way to start a conversation.

Learn a few whole phrases. Spanish uses hace for some weather expressions and other verbs for others.

Describe how the day feels.

01Hace calor.Pronunciation: AH-theh kah-LORIt is hot.02Hace frío.Pronunciation: AH-theh FREE-ohIt is cold.03Hace buen tiempo.The weather is good.04Hace viento.It is windy.

Describe what you see.

01Está lloviendo.Pronunciation: es-TAH yoh-BYEN-dohIt is raining.02Llueve mucho.It rains a lot.03Está nublado.It is cloudy.04Hace sol.It is sunny.

Name the seasons.

01La primaveraSpring.02El veranoSummer.03El otoñoAutumn.04El inviernoWinter.

The weather can change your plan.

01

Good weather

Hace sol. ¿Vamos a la playa?It is sunny. Shall we go to the beach?

02

Rain

Está lloviendo. Mejor tomamos un café.It is raining. Let’s have a coffee instead.

Make it part of small talk.

01¡Qué calor!It is so hot!02Hoy hace menos calor.It is less hot today.03En verano hace mucho calor aquí.It is very hot here in summer.

Remember this

Learn weather expressions as whole chunks.

Hace calor, hace frío, llueve and está nublado are enough to describe many days in Valencia.

Lesson complete

Reviewed 2026-09-07

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