White Christmas

White Christmas odds in North East England

Christmas 2026 snow odds across the main towns and cities of North East England, part of 1,367 places you can look up here, based on 34 years of Met Office observations.

12%

Widely white Christmas

7%

Chance at any one spot

12%

Snowiest: Stanley

A widely white Christmas means falling snow reaching at least 10% of the 78 North East England towns we track - roughly one Christmas in 8. Snow landing on any one of them is rarer still, which is what the second figure and every local page show.

Hover or tap a hex for its nearest placeShaded within North East England: 4%–17%

Colour is relative to this region only - a pale hex here is not the same chance as a pale hex on another region's map. Hover any hex for its actual figure.

Every place in North East England, ranked

  1. 01StanleyNorth East England12%
  2. 02SpennymoorNorth East England12%
  3. 03Annfield PlainNorth East England12%
  4. 04FerryhillNorth East England12%
  5. 05WingateNorth East England12%
  6. 06ConsettNorth East England10%
  7. 07Bishop AucklandNorth East England10%
  8. 08HexhamNorth East England10%
  9. 09CrookNorth East England10%
  10. 10Barnard CastleNorth East England10%
  11. 11Hetton-Le-HoleNorth East England9%
  12. 12PrudhoeNorth East England9%
  14. 13PontelandNorth East England9%
  15. 14Ushaw MoorNorth East England9%
  16. 15SacristonNorth East England9%
  17. 16WillingtonNorth East England9%
  18. 17BenwellNorth East England9%
  19. 18Rowlands GillNorth East England9%
  20. 19PeltonNorth East England9%
  21. 20Stockton-on-TeesNorth East England8%
  22. 21NewburnNorth East England8%
  23. 22Newton AycliffeNorth East England8%
  24. 23YarmNorth East England8%
  25. 24WhickhamNorth East England8%
  27. 25Darras HallNorth East England8%
  28. 26ShildonNorth East England8%
  29. 27BrandonNorth East England8%
  30. 28AlnwickNorth East England8%
  31. 29EaglescliffeNorth East England8%
  32. 30EasingtonNorth East England8%
  33. 31Newcastle upon TyneNorth East England7%
  34. 32MiddlesbroughNorth East England7%
  35. 33DarlingtonNorth East England7%
  36. 34WashingtonNorth East England7%
  37. 35DurhamNorth East England7%
  38. 36Chester-le-StreetNorth East England7%
  40. 37Houghton-Le-SpringNorth East England7%
  41. 38BillinghamNorth East England7%
  42. 39GosforthNorth East England7%
  43. 40Thornaby-on-TeesNorth East England7%
  44. 41PeterleeNorth East England7%
  45. 42GuisboroughNorth East England7%
  46. 43Blaydon-on-TyneNorth East England7%
  47. 44WideopenNorth East England7%
  48. 45MurtonNorth East England7%
  49. 46EstonNorth East England7%
  50. 47SkeltonNorth East England7%
  51. 48BrottonNorth East England7%
  53. 49SunderlandNorth East England6%
  54. 50HartlepoolNorth East England6%
  55. 51GatesheadNorth East England6%
  56. 52WallsendNorth East England6%
  57. 53FellingNorth East England6%
  58. 54CramlingtonNorth East England6%
  59. 55JarrowNorth East England6%
  60. 56SeahamNorth East England6%
  61. 57HebburnNorth East England6%
  62. 58BedlingtonNorth East England6%
  63. 59MorpethNorth East England6%
  64. 60RyhopeNorth East England6%
  65. 61The BoldonsNorth East England6%
  66. 62Berwick-Upon-TweedNorth East England6%
  67. 63WhitburnNorth East England6%
  68. 64East BoldonNorth East England6%
  69. 65Saltburn-by-the-SeaNorth East England5%
  70. 66South ShieldsNorth East England4%
  71. 67TynemouthNorth East England4%
  72. 68North ShieldsNorth East England4%
  73. 69Whitley BayNorth East England4%
  74. 70BlythNorth East England4%
  75. 71AshingtonNorth East England4%
  76. 72StakefordNorth East England4%
  77. 73Seaton DelavalNorth East England4%
  78. 74Marske-by-the-SeaNorth East England4%
  79. 75KirkleathamNorth East England4%
  80. 76Newbiggin-by-the-SeaNorth East England4%
  81. 77AmbleNorth East England4%
  82. 78RedcarNorth East England2%