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Every year, the same big question comes up: Will we have a white Christmas or not?
An analysis by a booking platform attempts to answer this question: Based on weather statistics from Geosphere Austria since 1975, the chance of snow on all three Christmas holidays is 61 percent across Austria.
The booking platform Omio commissioned data analysts to evaluate the Christmas weather of the past 50 years:
According to their findings, a white Christmas is almost guaranteed, mainly in Tyrol.
Between 1975 and 1999, there were 1.6 times more white Christmases than between 2000 and 2024.
Snow at Christmas is least likely in Neusiedl am See and Eisenstadt (Burgenland): in 50 years, there have only been 14 white Christmases there, most recently in 2010.
Statisticians examined 20 cities and municipalities across all federal states. According to their findings, the greatest hope for a white Christmas is in Tyrol: in Sölden, Innsbruck, and Kitzbühel, the probability of snow on December 24, 25, and 26 is more than 90 percent in each case.
Where white Christmases are rare
The probability is lowest in Eisenstadt and Neusiedl am See in Burgenland and in Vienna, where it is less than 30 percent.
However, according to the booking platform’s analysis, Vienna is “overdue”: since 1975, there have been 12 Christmases with snow cover in the federal capital, i.e. statistically every four years.
However, the weather does not adhere to statistics: the last white Christmas in Vienna was celebrated in 2012.
- source: kiruer.at/picture: pixabay.com
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