Learn Italian Vocabulary on Weather and Start an Italian Conversation

In this lesson you will learn how to ask about the weather, how to answer about the weather!

You can download the lesson in PDF format here! 

The most used expressions to ask for information about weather in Italian are:

• Com’è il tempo?
  • How’s the weather?
• Che tempo fa?
  • What’s the weather like?
• Che tempo fa fuori?
  • What is it like outside?
• Come sono le previsioni per oggi / domani / questa settimana?
  • What’s the weather forecast for today / tomorrow / this week?

As you have probably noticed in the second and third questions we will use the verb FARE a little difference with English where you would use the verb to be.

How can you reply to that? You can use different sentences:

The first formula is with Fare + adjective 

• Stamattina fa davvero caldo!
  • This morning it’s really hot!
• Ieri ha fatto freddo.
  • Yesterday it was very cold.
• Ieri sera faceva più fresco.
  • It was cooler yesterday. 
• Questa settimana farà brutto.
  • This week will have bad weather.

The other option is using the verb Essere + adjective

• Oggi il cielo è pieno di nuvole è nuvoloso!
  • Today the sky is full of clouds, it’s cloudy.
• Il mese scorso è stato davvero un mese piovoso!
  • Last month was really rainy!
• Oggi è molto soleggiato! 
  • Today is a very sunny day.
• C’è troppa umidità, è afoso! 
  • It’s too humid, it’s muggy. 

The third formula that I want to teach you is c’è / ci sono + noun

• C’è bel tempo oggi!
  • It’s nice weather today!
• C’era un vento forte in spiaggia!
  • There was a strong wind at the beach.
• A novembre spesso c’è la nebbia! 
  • In the month of November we often have fog.

Here are some useful sentences that you can use just like you see them to talk about nice weather: 

• Fa fresco. - It’s chilly / cool
• È sereno / é limpido - It’s clear
• È secco. - It’s dry 
• C’è bel tempo. - It’s good / nice weather 
• È soleggiato. / C’è il sole - It’s sunny
• Fa caldo - It’s warm

Here are the opposites… so if you need to talk about bad weather:

• Fa un tempo orribile - It’s awful weather
• Pioviggina - It’s drizzling
• Nevischia - It’s snowing a little bit 
• Fa cattivo tempo. / E’ brutto -The weather is bad
• C’è afa. / è afoso. -It’s muggy
• È nuvoloso - t’s cloudy
• Fa freddo - It’s cold
• C’è la nebbia - It’s foggy
• È uggioso - It’s gloomy
• È umido - It’s humid
• Fa freddissimo - It's very cold
• Si gela - It's freezing
• È piovoso - It’s rainy
• C’è il temporale - There is a thunderstorm
• È ventoso. / C’è il vento - It’s windy
• Sta grandinando - It’s hailing

So now… look outside your window and tell me how the weather is right now… write it under the YouTube video!