Probability of a white Christmas in Finland 

There is significant year to year variability in terms of the Christmas weather in Finland, but in Lapland a white Christmas is almost guaranteed.

Statistical map of white christmas in Finland
Regional probability of a white Christmas. In Southwestern coast only every second Christmas is white. In Lapland a white Christmas prevails actually every year. The statistics are taken from the normal period of 1981-2010.

Global climate is expected to warm in the upcoming decades and so will the winter months turn milder in Finland. Therefore the above statistics will probably not be applicaple in future decades.

Image with information about typical weather in Midsummer Eve and Cristmas Eve.

Christmas Eve temperature and snow depth

Christmas Eve typical temperatures and Christmas time snow depth in the 1991-2020 normal period.

Weather on Christmas Eve beginning from 1981

You can choose your preferred location by clicking on the list below the graph. Helsinki is selected by default. In the graph, the red bars represent the range of maximum and minimum temperatures, the blue bars the snow depth in the morning and the green bars the daily precipitation amount.

Weather in Helsinki on Christmas Eve beginning from 1838

In the upper figure the red curve presents temperature in centigrades at 2 pm and in the lower figure the snow depth in cm.