Christmas Chalets in St Moritz

Switzerland · Christmas week 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

We list 2 Christmas chalets in St Moritz, Switzerland, sleeping from 6 to 10 guests. Where we have checked a chalet for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026), its card says whether it was available and what the week cost. Further down is the snow measured in St Moritz on Christmas morning since 1996.

2 chalets in St Moritz with the partner sites that take Christmas bookings.

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The original winter resort: a high, cold Engadine town above a frozen lake, with sunny skiing and plenty of glamour.

Quick answers about Christmas in St Moritz

Is there usually snow in St Moritz at Christmas?
In most years, yes. At the Valetta weather station on the slopes (2,512 m, 4.6 km from St Moritz), there was at least 30cm of snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 27 of the 29 years measured since 1996; the thinnest was 5cm in 2015. At village height, at St.Moritz (1,850 m, in the resort), snow was lying on 28 of 30 Christmas mornings. St Moritz scores 72 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. That is how often there has been snow, not a forecast: conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them.
What is Christmas actually like in St Moritz?
Glamorous rather than traditional. The grand hotels take Christmas seriously, and the tourist office's Christmas market fills the Plazza Mauritius with stalls and music for an evening in early December (2 December in the 2026 season), with more village markets around the valley through Advent.
When is Christmas week in St Moritz this season?
For Christmas 2026, Christmas Day is a Friday, so the Christmas week runs from Saturday 19 to Saturday 26 December. Most chalets in St Moritz are let by the week, so that is the week to search for.
Winter in St Moritz
Photo by Andrés Dallimonti on Unsplash

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Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

Chalets in St Moritz you can book now

These links open our partners’ own sites for St Moritz. Booking.com and Expedia open with Christmas week already selected.

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Getting to St Moritz for Christmas week

Each link opens a live search for 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026, flying into Zurich, one of the usual airports for St Moritz. Prices and availability are on the partner’s site. Planning the flights, chalet and car hire.

Or book it together: Expedia’s flight + hotel search from London to Zurich, with a stay in St Moritz for the same week.

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Chalets in St Moritz

On 12 October 2026 we checked 2 chalets here for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026): 0 were still available on Booking.com.

Your dates and group size

Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

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St Moritz is where Alpine winter tourism began, with a hotelier's wager to a party of British summer guests in the nineteenth century, and it has hosted the Winter Olympics twice. It is a town rather than a village, set above a lake in the high, wide Upper Engadine, with grand hotels, designer shops and a year-round population. In winter the frozen lake hosts polo and horse racing, and the Cresta Run toboggan course drops down towards Celerina.

The home mountain is Corviglia, sunny and broad, with the cable car to Piz Nair for the top; Corvatsch across the valley and the other Engadine areas belong to the same ski region but are not linked by piste. The case for St Moritz at Christmas is altitude: the valley itself is high and cold, so snow in the streets and on the lower runs is far more likely than in most resorts. The trade-off is cost and character. Prices are high, even by Swiss standards, and its glamour is that of a town, not a chalet village.

Christmas in St Moritz

Glamorous rather than traditional. The grand hotels take Christmas seriously, and the tourist office's Christmas market fills the Plazza Mauritius with stalls and music for an evening in early December (2 December in the 2026 season), with more village markets around the valley through Advent.

Our Christmas atmosphere rating: 4 out of 5

If you are not skiing

Excellent. Walks on and around the frozen lake, the Cresta Run and bob run to watch, the shops of the town and the grand hotels give non-skiers plenty to do.

Christmas Snow Score

72/ 100

1,822m3,030m

Very snow-sure

72 out of 100 — usually skiing well by Christmas week. The strongest factor here is the measured Christmas snow record. At least 30cm of snow on the ground on 27 of the last 29 Christmas mornings at the Valetta station (2512 m). Scored on 88% of our inputs; the rest are still being verified. Snow in the Alps varies from one December to the next, and no resort can promise cover on a given week.

What went into it

Measured Christmas snowAt least 30cm of snow on the ground on 27 of the last 29 Christmas mornings at the Valetta station (2512 m)
45% weight93
Village altitudeThe village sits at 1822 m and loses its snow first
20% weight68
Top of the ski areaThe skiing reaches 3030 m, and high ground holds cover in a thin December
15% weight54
Glacier accessNo glacier
8% weight0

Still to verify: snowmaking coverage. These carry no weight until they are sourced, so the score is calculated across the 88% we hold.

The Christmas Snow Score compares resorts on how often there has been snow on the ground on Christmas morning, measured at weather stations over the last thirty years, with altitude, snowmaking and glacier access. It describes how reliable a resort tends to be, not what the snow will do this year — Alpine conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them. How the Snow Score works and how the resorts compare

Resort figures from the source we checked on 22 September 2026.

Snow on Christmas morning in St Moritz

How much snow was on the ground on 25 December, each year since 1996, measured at the nearest weather stations. This is what the resort’s Christmas Snow Score is built on.

On the slopes: Valetta, 2,512 m

4.6 km from St Moritz. At least 30cm on the ground on 27 of 29 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 62cm; least 5cm in 2015; most 173cm in 2002.

No reading since 11 October 2026; this station reports in the snow season.

0cm100cm200cm1996: no readingChristmas 1997: 100cmChristmas 1998: 39cmChristmas 1999: 42cmChristmas 2000: 146cmChristmas 2001: 16cmChristmas 2002: 173cmChristmas 2003: 84cmChristmas 2004: 31cmChristmas 2005: 56cmChristmas 2006: 44cmChristmas 2007: 59cmChristmas 2008: 131cmChristmas 2009: 133cmChristmas 2010: 114cmChristmas 2011: 62cmChristmas 2012: 107cmChristmas 2013: 55cmChristmas 2014: 90cmChristmas 2015: 5cmChristmas 2016: 34cmChristmas 2017: 72cmChristmas 2018: 130cmChristmas 2019: 110cmChristmas 2020: 92cmChristmas 2021: 61cmChristmas 2022: 56cmChristmas 2023: 94cmChristmas 2024: 36cmChristmas 2025: 48cm30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at Valetta, year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
202548cm
202436cm
202394cm
202256cm
202161cm
202092cm
2019110cm
2018130cm
201772cm
201634cm
20155cm
201490cm
201355cm
2012107cm
201162cm
2010114cm
2009133cm
2008131cm
200759cm
200644cm
200556cm
200431cm
200384cm
2002173cm
200116cm
2000146cm
199942cm
199839cm
1997100cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF (CC BY 4.0).

In the village: St.Moritz, 1,850 m

0.1 km from St Moritz. At least 30cm on the ground on 19 of 30 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 35cm; least 0cm in 2015; most 83cm in 2000.

No reading since 31 May 2026; this station reports in the snow season.

0cm50cm100cmChristmas 1996: 78cmChristmas 1997: 62cmChristmas 1998: 14cmChristmas 1999: 31cmChristmas 2000: 83cmChristmas 2001: 5cmChristmas 2002: 54cmChristmas 2003: 39cmChristmas 2004: 32cmChristmas 2005: 39cmChristmas 2006: 23cmChristmas 2007: 35cmChristmas 2008: 83cmChristmas 2009: 70cmChristmas 2010: 65cmChristmas 2011: 47cmChristmas 2012: 53cmChristmas 2013: 27cmChristmas 2014: 6cmChristmas 2015: 0cmChristmas 2016: 0cmChristmas 2017: 30cmChristmas 2018: 30cmChristmas 2019: 50cmChristmas 2020: 48cmChristmas 2021: 23cmChristmas 2022: 13cmChristmas 2023: 44cmChristmas 2024: 21cmChristmas 2025: 17cm30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at St.Moritz, year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
202517cm
202421cm
202344cm
202213cm
202123cm
202048cm
201950cm
201830cm
201730cm
20160cm
20150cm
20146cm
201327cm
201253cm
201147cm
201065cm
200970cm
200883cm
200735cm
200623cm
200539cm
200432cm
200339cm
200254cm
20015cm
200083cm
199931cm
199814cm
199762cm
199678cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF (CC BY 4.0).

How St Moritz compares with the other resorts we measure: the Christmas Snow Report.

Compare St Moritz for Christmas

Common questions about Christmas in St Moritz

How high is St Moritz?

The village sits at 1,822m, and the lift-served ski area reaches 3,030m. Top figure is the Piz Nair cable car top station on Corviglia; the Piz Nair summit is 3,057 m. Piste kilometres are the tourist office's figure for Corviglia. Corvatsch (a separate area on the Engadin pass) reaches higher. Altitude matters at Christmas because high ground holds snow in a thin December; the measured Christmas record on this page shows how that has played out year by year. Figures checked on 22 September 2026 against the source listed on this page.

Is St Moritz good for families at Christmas?

St Moritz works for families, with some compromises. It also does Christmas itself well, which children notice. This is our editorial judgement rather than a measurement, and the resort page explains the reasoning.

Can a beginner learn to ski in St Moritz at Christmas?

St Moritz is workable for beginners without being a standout. One thing to weigh at Christmas specifically: nursery slopes are usually the lowest terrain in a resort and so the first to be thin in December. Here, altitude is on your side.

Which airport do you fly into for St Moritz?

The usual arrival airports are Zurich (ZRH), Milan Malpensa (MXP). Transfer times swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week, so treat any published drive time as a minimum and ask your transfer company for a figure they will stand behind.

Can I book a chalet in St Moritz through this site?

We list 2 chalets in St Moritz, but we do not take bookings ourselves: we are not a travel agent and we take no bookings or payments. We link to partners who do, and the links on this page go to their live Christmas availability. If you book through one we may earn a commission, which does not change your price.

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