How French people REALLY talk about the weather - french tutor in Paris
- Caroline Le Crane
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read

Coucou tout le monde,
As a French tutor in Paris, I hear a lot « c’est chaud » every single day with my beginner students.
That’s actually wrong, in french we don’t use the verb « être » to say « it’s hot » but we use the verb « faire » (same for « froid »)
Correct way : « il fait chaud » = it’s hot
Here some basic sentences :
Il fait froid
Il fait beau
Il pleut
Il neige
The weather is often the first excuse to start a conversation in French or anywhere else…
If you live in France, you should know French people complain A LOT about the weather so it’s important to learn these sentences, so let see more.
When it’s cold, you can say :
Il caille (very common, quite familiar)
Il fait un froid de canard
On se gèle 👉 Not just cold. The cold is freezing
Now when the air is hot , You can say :
Il fait lourd (very commun)
On étouffe
Il fait une chaleur de dingue
When the weather is bad, you can say :
Il fait trop moche
Il fait un temps pourri
Il fait un vrai temps de merde ( very familiar, but very real)
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À bientôt,
Caro
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