How to say “rainy season” in Korean
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
장마철이에요.
🔊 Jang-ma-cheo-ri-e-yo
Literally: “It's monsoon season.”
💡 장마 (jangma) = the Korean monsoon/rainy season. 장마철 = jangma period. Late June through mid-July.
장마가 시작됐어요, 매일 비가 와서 빨래가 안 말라요.
🔊 Jang-ma-ga si-jak-dwaet-seo-yo, mae-il bi-ga wa-seo ppal-lae-ga an mal-la-yo
Literally: “The monsoon has started, it rains every day so the laundry won't dry.”
💡 빨래가 안 마르다 = laundry won't dry — the universal East Asian rainy season complaint. Same as Japanese tsuyu frustration.
올해 장마는 진짜 질기네요, 해가 언제 나오나 모르겠어요.
🔊 Ol-hae jang-ma-neun jin-jja jil-gi-ne-yo, hae-ga eon-je na-o-na mo-reu-get-seo-yo
Literally: “This year's monsoon is really drawn-out, I don't know when the sun will come out.”
💡 질기다 = tough/persistent (like chewy meat — applied to weather means it won't end). Very expressive Korean. 해 = sun.
About these Korean phrases
These Korean 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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