Snow at Christmas in Switzerland: That’s what the forecasts say

Will it be white? Will it stay green? We dare to look into the crystal ball and tell you how and, above all, where snow is likely at Christmas.

Thursday, December 19th

The forecasts on Thursday remain the same as on Wednesday. The chances of a white Christmas are still intact.

The chances are good in slightly elevated regions such as Bern and towards the Alps in the region around Lucerne. “There will definitely be a white Christmas in Chur and St. Gallen,” said MeteoNews on Wednesday.

There are little or almost no chances of a white Christmas in Basel or southern Ticino.

This is how the weather service sees the chances of a white Christmas in the different regions:

Wednesday December 18th

There are still six days until Christmas Eve, and the forecasts for a white Christmas in Switzerland are up and down. At first it was said that it would be a green Christmas, now it seems that snow on Christmas Eve is possible after all.

“Compared to the previous days, the temperatures on Christmas Eve are modeled to be around 1 degree lower, which means that the probability of a white Christmas has increased significantly in some areas at lower altitudes,” writes MeteoNews in a blog post on Wednesday.

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