El clima es agradable.
The weather is nice.
Calling to someone on the street from a car window, the speaker promises pleasant weather inside, and agradable stays the same for masculine el clima.
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How to say "weather" in Spanish
el clima
nounmasculine, ends in -aplural: los climasalso: el tiempo
"Weather" in Spanish is el clima or el tiempo. In Spain people ask ¿Qué tiempo hace? about today and save clima for the climate, while in much of Latin America el clima covers both. Clima ends in -a, yet it's masculine: el clima.
Hear "clima" in real movie scenes
One pleasant forecast, one detour in the air. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Por el clima.
Because of the weather.
The pilots ask the tower to let them take a detour, and por el clima is all the explanation they give.
Talking about the weather
Six phrases for small talk, travel plans and the forecast.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| ¿Qué tiempo hace? | What's the weather like? | The usual question in Spain, understood everywhere. |
| ¿Cómo está el clima? | How's the weather? | Common in Mexico and much of Latin America. |
| Hace buen tiempo. | The weather's nice. | The opposite is Hace mal tiempo. |
| Hace sol. / Hace viento. | It's sunny. / It's windy. | Sun and wind take hace, like heat and cold. |
| Está nublado. | It's cloudy. | Clouds take está, because nublado is an adjective. |
| el pronóstico del tiempo | the weather forecast | What you check before a trip. |
Tip: El tiempo also means time: No tengo tiempo is "I don't have time". The rest of the sentence tells you which one you're hearing.
Grammar: el clima, hace frío
Four points for any conversation about the weather.
Masculine with an -a
el clima, un clima seco. It belongs with el mapa and el idioma: -a ending, masculine article.Heat and cold take hace
Hace calor. It's hot. Hace frío. It's cold. The verb is hace, and calor and frío are nouns here.Describe it with es
El clima es bueno. El clima de la isla es seco. The adjective takes the masculine ending: bueno, seco.Climate in general, weather right now
¿Cómo es el clima? asks what the weather is usually like in a place. ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? asks about today.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
El clima es bueno.
The weather is good.
No habrá ferry con este clima.
There won't be a ferry in this weather.
En el estado hay un clima seco.
The state has a dry climate.
El clima es maravilloso.
The weather is wonderful.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗la clima
✓el clima
The -a ending fools many learners. Clima is masculine.
✗Es frío (about the weather)
✓Hace frío
Weather takes hace. Es frío describes something or someone that is cold by nature.
✗Hace muy frío
✓Hace mucho frío
Frío is a noun after hace, so it takes mucho, the same as mucho calor.
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How to remember it
Clima is climate with the last letters cut off. Picture a weather app so small that only half the word fits on the screen.
Questions about "weather" in Spanish
How do you say weather in Spanish?
El tiempo or el clima. Spain prefers el tiempo for the daily weather, and much of Latin America says el clima.
How do you ask "what's the weather like?" in Spanish?
¿Qué tiempo hace? works everywhere. In Mexico and much of Latin America you'll also hear ¿Cómo está el clima?
Is clima masculine or feminine?
Masculine: el clima, despite the -a ending. Adjectives follow it: un clima seco, a dry climate.
How do you say "the weather is nice" in Spanish?
Hace buen tiempo or El clima es agradable. When it's bad, say Hace mal tiempo.
