White Christmas

White Christmas odds in Scotland

Christmas 2026 snow odds across the main towns and cities of Scotland, part of 6,664 places you can look up here, based on 34 years of Met Office observations.

16%

Widely white Christmas

8%

Chance at any one spot

16%

Snowiest: Banchory

A widely white Christmas means falling snow reaching at least 10% of the 188 Scotland towns we track - roughly one Christmas in 6. 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 Scotland: 2%–29%

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 Scotland, ranked

  1. 01BanchoryScotland16%
  2. 02WickScotland15%
  3. 03EllonScotland14%
  4. 04InverurieScotland13%
  5. 05WesthillScotland13%
  6. 06PortlethenScotland13%
  7. 07LossiemouthScotland13%
  8. 08KirriemuirScotland13%
  9. 09DyceScotland13%
  10. 10DingwallScotland13%
  11. 11CumbernauldScotland12%
  12. 12AirdrieScotland12%
  13. 13Fort WilliamScotland12%
  14. 14LarkhallScotland12%
  15. 15MayfieldScotland12%
  16. 16ArmadaleScotland12%
  17. 17WhitburnScotland12%
  18. 18LanarkScotland12%
  19. 19ShottsScotland12%
  20. 20StrathavenScotland12%
  21. 21ThursoScotland12%
  22. 22NewarthillScotland12%
  23. 23NewmainsScotland12%
  24. 24InvernessScotland11%
  25. 25ElginScotland11%
  26. 26BishopbriggsScotland11%
  27. 27BathgateScotland11%
  28. 28StonehavenScotland11%
  29. 29KilsythScotland11%
  30. 30BuckieScotland11%
  31. 31KirkwallScotland11%
  32. 32CoveScotland11%
  33. 33MoodiesburnScotland11%
  34. 34SteppsScotland11%
  35. 35TurriffScotland11%
  36. 36Meikle EarnockScotland10%
  37. 37CarlukeScotland10%
  38. 38HawickScotland10%
  39. 39ForresScotland10%
  40. 40ChapelhallScotland10%
  41. 41HoustonScotland10%
  42. 42AlnessScotland10%
  43. 43StonehouseScotland10%
  44. 44WesthillScotland10%
  45. 45NeilstonScotland10%
  46. 46Isle of ArranScotland10%
  47. 47DundeeScotland9%
  48. 48LivingstonScotland9%
  49. 49DunfermlineScotland9%
  50. 50PerthScotland9%
  51. 51CoatbridgeScotland9%
  52. 52CambuslangScotland9%
  53. 53WishawScotland9%
  54. 54Newton MearnsScotland9%
  55. 55DumbartonScotland9%
  56. 56KirkintillochScotland9%
  57. 57NiggScotland9%
  58. 58PenicuikScotland9%
  59. 59JohnstoneScotland9%
  60. 60PrestwickScotland9%
  61. 61ForfarScotland9%
  62. 62ClarkstonScotland9%
  63. 63CuparScotland9%
  64. 64BonhillScotland9%
  65. 65CumnockScotland9%
  66. 66LenzieScotland9%
  67. 67PeeblesScotland9%
  68. 68KelsoScotland9%
  69. 69LerwickScotland9%
  70. 70GorebridgeScotland9%
  71. 71BalernoScotland9%
  72. 72SelkirkScotland9%
  73. 73BlackburnScotland9%
  74. 74SconeScotland9%
  75. 75AberdeenScotland8%
  76. 76KirkcaldyScotland8%
  77. 77AyrScotland8%
  78. 78RutherglenScotland8%
  79. 79BearsdenScotland8%
  80. 80ClydebankScotland8%
  81. 81Vale of LevenScotland8%
  82. 82PeterheadScotland8%
  83. 83Isle of LewisScotland8%
  84. 84BonnyriggScotland8%
  85. 85DalserfScotland8%
  86. 86BroxburnScotland8%
  87. 87ErskineScotland8%
  88. 88GiffnockScotland8%
  89. 89CowdenbeathScotland8%
  90. 90CarnoustieScotland8%
  91. 91NairnScotland8%
  92. 92GalashielsScotland8%
  93. 93HaddingtonScotland8%
  94. 94Blairgowrie and RattrayScotland8%
  95. 95AnnanScotland8%
  96. 96LinwoodScotland8%
  97. 97MonifiethScotland8%
  98. 98BrechinScotland8%
  99. 99StewartonScotland8%
  100. 100BannockburnScotland8%
  101. 101AlexandriaScotland8%
  102. 102CurrieScotland8%
  103. 103LoanheadScotland8%
  104. 104AuchterarderScotland8%
  105. 105ElderslieScotland8%
  106. 106New StevenstonScotland8%
  107. 107HolytownScotland8%
  108. 108FaifleyScotland8%
  109. 109EdinburghScotland7%
  110. 110PaisleyScotland7%
  111. 111East KilbrideScotland7%
  112. 112HamiltonScotland7%
  113. 113KilmarnockScotland7%
  114. 114GreenockScotland7%
  115. 115MotherwellScotland7%
  116. 116ArbroathScotland7%
  117. 117Saint AndrewsScotland7%
  118. 118BarrheadScotland7%
  119. 119BlantyreScotland7%
  120. 120High BlantyreScotland7%
  121. 121ViewparkScotland7%
  122. 122Port GlasgowScotland7%
  123. 123RosythScotland7%
  124. 124MossendScotland7%
  125. 125HelensburghScotland7%
  126. 126MilngavieScotland7%
  127. 127DalkeithScotland7%
  128. 128MontroseScotland7%
  129. 129StranraerScotland7%
  130. 130Dalgety BayScotland7%
  131. 131DalmuirScotland7%
  132. 132ObanScotland7%
  133. 133DennyScotland7%
  134. 134KilbirnieScotland7%
  135. 135DuntocherScotland7%
  136. 136KeltyScotland7%
  137. 137LochgellyScotland7%
  138. 138BeithScotland7%
  139. 139LocharbriggsScotland7%
  140. 140UddingstonScotland7%
  141. 141DalryScotland7%
  142. 142InverkeithingScotland7%
  143. 143GlasgowScotland6%
  144. 144DumfriesScotland6%
  145. 145GlenrothesScotland6%
  146. 146FalkirkScotland6%
  147. 147IrvineScotland6%
  148. 148RenfrewScotland6%
  149. 149BellshillScotland6%
  150. 150KilwinningScotland6%
  151. 151LinlithgowScotland6%
  152. 152SaltcoatsScotland6%
  153. 153LargsScotland6%
  154. 154MethilScotland6%
  155. 155ArdrossanScotland6%
  156. 156GourockScotland6%
  157. 157StenhousemuirScotland6%
  158. 158LarbertScotland6%
  159. 159StevenstonScotland6%
  160. 160TullibodyScotland6%
  161. 161North BerwickScotland6%
  162. 162ColintonScotland6%
  163. 163CrieffScotland6%
  164. 164Isle of ButeScotland6%
  165. 165BothwellScotland6%
  166. 166BonnybridgeScotland6%
  167. 167FraserburghScotland5%
  168. 168MusselburghScotland4%
  169. 169AlloaScotland4%
  170. 170TranentScotland4%
  171. 171DunbarScotland4%
  172. 172DunblaneScotland4%
  173. 173LevenScotland4%
  174. 174GirvanScotland4%
  175. 175SauchieScotland4%
  176. 176BallingryScotland4%
  177. 177TillicoultryScotland4%
  178. 178PolmontScotland4%
  179. 179GrangemouthScotland3%
  180. 180PrestonpansScotland3%
  181. 181CockenzieScotland3%
  182. 182StirlingScotland2%
  183. 183TroonScotland2%
  184. 184Bo’nessScotland2%
  185. 185QueensferryScotland2%
  186. 186DunoonScotland2%
  187. 187StornowayScotland2%
  188. 188BurntislandScotland2%
  189. 189Bridge of AllanScotland2%