How to Talk About the Weather in Brazilian Portuguese
Use a few common weather patterns to start small talk, describe what you notice, and ask whether the forecast might change.
Real Life Portuguese · 6 min read · Updated October 14, 2026
The short answer
Use Está… for many changing conditions you can observe: está chovendo (it is raining), está ventando (it is windy), and está nublado (it is cloudy). The verb agrees with the impersonal weather expression; you do not need to name a person or object doing the action.
Use está to describe what the weather is doing
To say that the weather is good or bad, you can say O tempo está bom or O tempo está ruim. These phrases are useful for a quick comment when you arrive somewhere or decide whether to continue an outdoor plan.
Está chovendo agora.
It’s raining now.
O céu está nublado.
The sky is cloudy.
O tempo está bom para caminhar.
The weather is nice for a walk.
Use faz with heat, cold, and other weather descriptions
Brazilian Portuguese commonly uses Faz calor (It is hot) and Faz frio (It is cold). This pattern can feel different from English because it literally uses fazer, but learn the complete phrase as a useful chunk. Add muito or um pouco to adjust the description.
Temperature words can describe how the day feels without giving a precise forecast. If someone says Está quente, they are describing a hot condition. Listen for the whole sentence and do not translate every verb in isolation.
Hoje faz muito calor.
It’s very hot today.
De manhã fez um pouco de frio.
It was a little cold in the morning.
Está quente demais para correr agora.
It’s too hot to run now.
Ask about the forecast before making a plan
Use Vai chover? to ask whether it is going to rain. Você sabe como vai ficar o tempo? asks how the weather is expected to be. These are practical questions before a walk, a trip, or an outdoor event; check a current forecast when a decision depends on exact conditions.
You can talk about time with amanhã (tomorrow), hoje à noite (tonight), and no fim de semana (on the weekend). If you are asking a local person, treat the answer as their expectation rather than a guaranteed forecast.
Você sabe se vai chover amanhã?
Do you know if it will rain tomorrow?
Como vai ficar o tempo no fim de semana?
What is the weather going to be like this weekend?
Será que a chuva vai passar?
Do you think the rain will pass?
Turn a weather comment into a short conversation
A weather observation can open a small exchange: say what you notice, ask one question, and respond to what the person says. You do not need a long forecast vocabulary list to make a natural comment about heat, rain, or a change in the sky.
Practice with weather you can see out the window. Real Life Portuguese helps you hear everyday pronunciation, and you can compare the patterns here with the practical questions in the I Speak Portuguese travel guides when you prepare for a trip.
Que calor, né? Você prefere o verão ou o inverno?
It’s so hot, isn’t it? Do you prefer summer or winter?
Parece que vai chover. Você trouxe um guarda-chuva?
It looks like it’s going to rain. Did you bring an umbrella?
O tempo mudou rápido hoje.
The weather changed quickly today.
Put it into practice
Describe today with one está phrase and one faz phrase. Then ask a forecast question using amanhã or no fim de semana.
Quick practice
Which Portuguese example matches “It’s very hot today”?
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