Chances slim of a white Christmas in Switzerland

Chances of a white Christmas are slim Keystone-SDA

It is highly unlikely that there will be large amounts of snow over the festive period, according to MeteoSwiss. A white Christmas in the Swiss lowlands can be virtually ruled out.

+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox

The Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) said on Tuesday at the request of the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA that it was unlikely that there would be significant precipitation on the northern side of the Alps over Christmas. Snow is almost certainly not expected below 1,000 metres over Christmas.

+ ‘Snow Compass’ guides Swiss resorts through declining snowfall 

As things stand today, it will be mostly sunny in the mountains. According to MeteoSwiss, fog or high fog can be expected in the lowlands, with a breeze at times. According to the current forecast, maximum temperatures will be 1°C-6°C.

Nevertheless, MeteoSwiss said the Christmas weather could not yet be predicted with certainty.

Adapted from German by AI/ts

How we work 

We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication.  

Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select have been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team from news agencies such as Bloomberg or Keystone.

If you have any questions about how we work, write to us at [e-mail]