How to say “partly cloudy” in Korean
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
구름 조금 있어요.
🔊 Gu-reum jo-geum i-sseo-yo
Literally: “A little clouds exist.”
💡 Simple
오늘은 구름이 있지만 햇살도 있어요.
🔊 O-neu-reun gu-ru-mi it-ji-man haet-sal-do i-sseo-yo
Literally: “Today there are clouds but also sunshine.”
💡 햇살 = sunshine/sunlight, warmer word
구름 사이로 햇님이 숨바꼭질하는 날이에요.
🔊 Gu-reum sa-i-ro haen-ni-mi sum-ba-kkok-jil-ha-neun na-ri-e-yo
Literally: “It's a day where the sun plays hide-and-seek between the clouds.”
💡 햇님 = honorific/cute form of sun; 숨바꼭질 = hide-and-seek, childlike and charming
About these Korean phrases
These Korean weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing partly cloudy 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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