White Christmas

White Christmas odds in Northern Ireland

Christmas 2026 snow odds across the main towns and cities of Northern Ireland, part of 669 places you can look up here, based on 34 years of Met Office observations.

7%

Widely white Christmas

5%

Chance at any one spot

8%

Snowiest: Omagh

A widely white Christmas means falling snow reaching at least 10% of the 45 Northern Ireland towns we track - roughly one Christmas in 14. 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 Northern Ireland: 1%–10%

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 Northern Ireland, ranked

  1. 01OmaghNorthern Ireland8%
  2. 02BelfastNorthern Ireland7%
  3. 03CastlereaghNorthern Ireland7%
  4. 04BallymenaNorthern Ireland7%
  5. 05AntrimNorthern Ireland7%
  6. 06DundonaldNorthern Ireland7%
  7. 07HolywoodNorthern Ireland7%
  8. 08LimavadyNorthern Ireland7%
  9. 09BallyclareNorthern Ireland7%
  10. 10ComberNorthern Ireland7%
  11. 11CoalislandNorthern Ireland7%
  12. 12DromoreNorthern Ireland7%
  13. 13RandalstownNorthern Ireland7%
  14. 14CrumlinNorthern Ireland7%
  15. 15GreenislandNorthern Ireland7%
  16. 16NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland6%
  17. 17CarrickfergusNorthern Ireland6%
  18. 18BallymoneyNorthern Ireland6%
  19. 19MagherafeltNorthern Ireland6%
  20. 20BallycastleNorthern Ireland6%
  21. 21JordanstownNorthern Ireland6%
  22. 22NewtownardsNorthern Ireland5%
  23. 23DungannonNorthern Ireland5%
  24. 24CookstownNorthern Ireland5%
  25. 25CarryduffNorthern Ireland5%
  26. 26NewcastleNorthern Ireland5%
  27. 27Londonderry County BoroughNorthern Ireland4%
  28. 28DerryNorthern Ireland4%
  29. 29BangorNorthern Ireland4%
  30. 30CraigavonNorthern Ireland4%
  31. 31PortadownNorthern Ireland4%
  32. 32NewryNorthern Ireland4%
  33. 33ColeraineNorthern Ireland4%
  34. 34LarneNorthern Ireland4%
  35. 35BanbridgeNorthern Ireland4%
  36. 36EnniskillenNorthern Ireland4%
  37. 37StrabaneNorthern Ireland4%
  38. 38DownpatrickNorthern Ireland4%
  39. 39PortstewartNorthern Ireland4%
  40. 40PortrushNorthern Ireland4%
  41. 41BallynahinchNorthern Ireland4%
  42. 42LisburnNorthern Ireland3%
  43. 43ArmaghNorthern Ireland3%
  44. 44DonaghadeeNorthern Ireland3%
  45. 45KilkeelNorthern Ireland3%
  46. 46WarrenpointNorthern Ireland1%