When you have finished this lesson you can:

• Describe the weather

Spain has four seasons (Spring in March, April and May; Summer in June, July and August.; Autumn in September, October and November; Winter in December, January and February). But as Spain is the most climatically diverse country in Europe (up to 13 different climates are defined by some experts) the climate varies quite a lot between the different regions. The 4 main climates are: 

-       Hot-summer Mediterranean climate: this is found on most of the southern and eastern coast of Spain and inland in Andalusia and Extremadura. The weather here typically has hot dry summers and mild winters with rare frosts and most of the rain falls in the autumn.

-       Warm-summer Mediterranean climate: this is found in western and north-western coastal areas of Spain and is has a warm temperate moist forest climate, with wet winters and dry summers

-       Inland Mediterranean climates: The inland areas of the Iberian Peninsula, and especially the Central Plateau, have bigger differences and seasonalities than the coast. The summers are overall very hot, regularly exceeding 35 C. By contrast, there are low temperatures in winter, from cool to cold winters with some snowfall. It rarely rains during summer, but spring and autumn often have heavy rainfall.

-       Oceanic climate:  this is found in the north of Spain from the Pyrenees to Asturias and has relatively mild winters and warm summers with generally lots of rainfall in autumn and snow in the winter.

Choose the correct picture and drag it to the corresponding word and click "answer" when you have finished all.

If you want to ask someone about the weather, you can say:

When you are about to describe the weather you can say, "esta ..." or “hace….”

In Spain, the temperature is measured in degrees celsius:

You can ask for the weather with "que….:"

You can describe the weather with the verb "hacer:"

There are differences between the words "como" and "cómo," in Spanish:

When used in direct and indirect questions:

Direct: "¿Cuándo vienes?"

Indirectly: "No sabía cuándo venía"

Then used about unique events in the past:

"Cuando llegué a casa no estabas."

"Cuando era pequeña, quería jugar a fútbol."

When used for future or repetitive or more general events:

Future: "Le preguntaré cuando llegue a casa"

Repeat: "Cuando llego a casa me tomo un café."

General: "Cuando eres un niño, solo quieres jugar"