How to say “rainy season” in French
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
C'est la saison des pluies.
🔊 Seh la say-ZOHN day plwee
Literally: “It's the rainy season.”
💡 Simple. France doesn't have a monsoon, but the concept is well understood from tropical DOM-TOM territories.
On est en pleine saison des pluies, il pleut tous les jours sans exception.
🔊 On eh tahn plehn say-ZOHN day plwee, eel pluh too lay zhoor sahn ex-sep-SYON
Literally: “We're in the middle of rainy season, it rains every day without exception.”
💡 en pleine = in the thick of; sans exception = without exception. Natural French exasperation.
Ça fait trois semaines qu'il ne fait que pleuvoir, j'ai oublié à quoi ressemble le soleil.
🔊 Sa feh trwah suh-MEHN keel nuh feh kuh pluh-VWAHR, zhay oo-blee-AY ah kwah ruh-SAHM-bluh luh so-LAY
Literally: “It's been raining for three weeks straight, I've forgotten what the sun looks like.”
💡 ne faire que = to do nothing but; oublier = to forget. Poetic French complaint about endless rain.
About these French phrases
These French weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing rainy season conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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