Weather words and weather-related expressions in Finnish with English equivalents.
| Finnish | English |
|---|---|
| sää, ilma | Weather |
| Sääennuste | Weather forecast |
| Millainen on sääennuste? | What is the weather forecast? |
| Millainen ilma tänään on? Millainen sää tänään on? |
What's the weather like today? |
| Tänään on hyvä ilma Tänään on hyvä sää |
The weather is good today |
| Tänään on huono ilma Tänään on huono sää |
The weather is bad today |
| Aurinko | Sun |
| On aurinkoista | It's sunny |
| Aurinko paistaa | The sun in shining |
| Ilma on kaunis On kaunis ilma |
The weather is beautiful |
| On kaunis päivä | It's a beautiful day |
| On lämmin | It's warm |
| On kuuma | It's hot |
| Pilvi | cloud |
| On pilvistä | It's cloudy |
| tihkusade | drizzle |
| Sataa tihkua | It's drizzling |
| Sade | rain |
| Tulva | flood |
| Sadekuuro | rain shower |
| Sataa Sataa vettä |
It's raining |
| On viileä | It's chilly / cool |
| On melko kylmä | It's fairly cold |
| On kylmä | It's cold |
| On jäätävän kylmä | It's freezing cold |
| On jääkylmää | It's icy cold |
| Halla | frost |
| On hallaa On pakkasta |
It's frosty |
| Räntä | sleet |
| Sataa räntää | It's sleeting |
| Rakeita | hail |
| Sataa rakeita | It's hailing |
| Lumi | snow |
| Sataa lunta | It's snowing |
| Tuulta | breeze |
| Tuuli | wind |
| Tuulee | It's windy |
| Tuulee oikein kovasti | It's very windy |
| On myrsky | There's a (wind)storm |
| Salama | lightning |
| Ukkonen | thunder |
| On ukonilma | There's a thunderstorm |
| Salamoi | There's lightning |
| Sumu | mist, foggy |
| On sumuista | It's misty / foggy |
| On kosteaa | It's humid |
| Sateenkaari | rainbow |
| Aste | temperature |
| Finnish | English |
|---|---|
| Sataa kuin saavista kaataen | It's pouring like from a big bucket |
| Sataa kuin Esterin perseestä | It's raining as from Esteri's ass / It's raining like Esther sucks |
Other idioms for heavy rain in various languages
Hear some Finnish words and phrases for weather:
More weather words in Finnish
https://uusikielemme.fi/finnish-vocabulary/vocabulary-lists/talking-about-the-weather-ilma-saa-keli
https://www.finnishpod101.com/blog/2020/03/30/weather-in-finnish/
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