French Phrase
Quel temps ça va faire ce week‑end ?
Meaning
Literally, “What weather is it going to be this weekend?” It’s the everyday way French speakers ask about the forecast for the coming Saturday and Sunday.
When to use
Use this phrase in casual conversation with friends, family, or coworkers when you’re planning outdoor activities, picnics, or simply curious about the weekend weather.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Queltempsçavafaireceweek-end?
Quel (interrogative adjective)
Used to ask about the nature or quality of something; agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies.
temps (noun)
Means ‘weather’ in this context; masculine singular, so ‘Quel temps’ is correct.
ça va + infinitive (colloquial future)
A spoken way to express a near‑future prediction, equivalent to ‘it’s going to…’ in English.
faire (infinitive)
Here it means ‘to be’ when talking about weather; the construction ‘ça va faire’ = ‘it will be’.
ce week‑end (time expression)
‘This weekend’; ‘ce’ is a demonstrative adjective that points to the upcoming weekend.
🗨In Conversation
Quel temps ça va faire ce week‑end ?
What’s the weather going to be like this weekend?
Il devrait faire beau, avec du soleil et des températures autour de 22 °C.
It should be nice, sunny, with temperatures around 22 °C.
✕Common Mistakes
Quel temps il va faire ce week‑end ?
The subject pronoun ‘il’ is unnecessary; the idiomatic structure is ‘ça va faire’.
Quel temps va faire ce week‑end ?
Missing the colloquial ‘ça’; without it the sentence sounds too formal and a bit awkward.
Quel temps ça va faire ce weekend ?
‘Weekend’ should be written with a hyphen in French: ‘week‑end’.
↔Alternatives
Quel temps fera‑t‑on ce week‑end ?
What will the weather be this weekend?
Il va faire quel temps ce week‑end ?
What’s the weather going to be this weekend?
Quelles seront les conditions météo ce week‑end ?
What will the weather conditions be this weekend?
Cultural Tip
In France, talking about the weather is a classic ice‑breaker. The construction ‘ça va faire’ is informal and common in spoken French, but you’ll hear the more formal ‘quel temps fera‑t‑on…’ on TV weather reports. Also, note that ‘week‑end’ is borrowed from English and pronounced with a French‑style vowel at the end.