Weather and Seasons in Everyday Spanish

In this lesson, you will learn common Spanish expressions for everyday weather and the four seasons. The goal is to understand and give a simple weather description.

Asking about the weather

A common question is:

— What is the weather like?

For this lesson, learn the question as a useful fixed expression.

Talking about heat and cold

— It is hot.
— It is cold.

These are very common weather expressions with hacer.

Talking about sun and wind

— It is sunny.
— It is windy.

Talking about clouds

Use estar for a cloudy condition.

— It is cloudy.
— It is very cloudy.

Using hay in weather descriptions

Some weather descriptions use hay — there is / there are.

— There are clouds.
— There is fog / It is foggy.
— There is wind / It is windy.

Spanish does not use one single equivalent of English “be” for every weather expression. You learn each common pattern as a useful unit: hace frío, hay nubes, está nublado, llueve, and

Talking about rain and snow

— It is raining.
— It is snowing.

For this lesson, learn llueve and nieva as complete high-frequency weather forms.

Combining two weather ideas

— It is cold and it is raining.
— It is sunny and hot.
— It is cloudy and windy.

Answering a weather question

Person A: — What is the weather like?

Person B: — It is sunny.

Another example:

Person A: — What is the weather like?

Person B: — It is cold and it is raining.

The four seasons

— spring
— summer
— autumn / fall
— winter

Weather in the seasons

These are general examples, not universal rules for every Spanish-speaking place.

— In summer it is hot.
— In winter it is cold.
— In spring it is sunny.
— In autumn it is windy.

Climate varies greatly across the Spanish-speaking world.

Asking about a season

Use:

— What is the weather like in winter?

Possible answer:

— In winter it is cold.

Using hoy with weather

You already know hoy — today.

— Today it is hot.
— Today it is cold.
— Today it is cloudy.
— Today it is raining.

Using days with weather

— On Monday it is sunny.
— On Tuesday it rains / it is raining.
— On Wednesday it is windy.

These sentences allow you to connect the date vocabulary from the previous lesson with weather.

Using months with seasons

Season-month relationships depend on hemisphere and location, so avoid assuming that the same month has the same season everywhere.

You can still combine a month and a weather description:

— In January it is cold.
— In July it is hot.

These examples can be true in some places but are not universal climate rules.

Describing weather at the current moment

You can give a short present description.

— Today it is cloudy and cold.

Another example:

— Today it is sunny and hot.

Weather versus how a person feels

Keep these two ideas separate:

— It is cold. The weather is cold.
— I am cold. I feel cold.

Hace frío describes the weather around you. Tengo frío describes your personal sensation.

For example:

— It is cold, and I am cold.

Do not translate every English sentence with “is” by choosing one Spanish verb automatically. The weather expression and the person's feeling use different patterns.

Weather and everyday choices

You can connect weather to familiar clothing vocabulary without adding new grammar.

— It is cold. I want this jacket.

Another example:

— It is hot. I want water.

Reading a short weather message

— Hello. Today it is cold and cloudy.

The two weather clues are hace frío — it is cold and está nublado — it is cloudy.

Reading another weather message

— Today it is sunny, but it is windy.

— but contrasts the two conditions.

Short weather conversation

Person A: — What is the weather like today?

Person B: — It is hot and sunny.

Short season conversation

Person A: — What is the weather like in autumn?

Person B: — It is windy and cloudy.

A practical weather method

Use to ask about the weather.
Use hace with calor, frío, sol, and viento.
Use hay in familiar patterns such as and
Use está nublado for cloudy weather.
Learn llueve and nieva as common complete forms.
Keep for the weather separate from for a person's sensation.
Use en + season for general seasonal weather.
Remember that seasons and climate vary by location and hemisphere.

From Weather to Plans and Intentions

You can now understand and give simple weather and season descriptions and connect them with familiar days and months. The next lesson introduces ir a + infinitive for talking about plans and intentions.