Available for Christmas week
Black Diamond - Tignes
Tignes, France
Sleeps 18 · 14 bedrooms · 8 bathrooms
- Hot tub
- Sauna
274m from the lift
Christmas 2026 from £16,761 for Christmas week, 19–26 December 2026, for 18 guests
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From the Christmas Snow Report 2026 · By Chalet for Christmas
Snow lying in the village on Christmas morning, measured at 44 village weather stations in Alpine ski resorts every year from 1996 to 2025. It is a record of how often that has happened, not a forecast.
The short answer
A white Christmas is most likely in the highest villages. Snow was lying on every Christmas morning measured in Tignes (30 of 30, village at 2,080m), Val d'Isère (30 of 30, village at 1,854m), Flaine (30 of 30, village at 1,620m), Avoriaz (25 of 25, village at 1,768m), Obertauern (23 of 23, village at 1,772m) and Val Thorens (14 of 14, village at 2,283m). Low villages are a gamble. In Samoëns, at 785m, it happened on 10 of 27 Christmases. Below 1,400m the odds have fallen, from 79% of Christmases before 2011 to 57% since.
Every ski village with a Christmas-morning record
Christmases with at least 5cm of snow lying at the village station, most reliable first.
| Resort | Village station | White Christmases | Since 2011 | Typical depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tignes (France) | Tignes, 2,080m | 30 of 30 (100%) | 15 of 15 | 60cm |
| Val d'Isère (France) | Val d'Isère, 1,854m | 30 of 30 (100%) | 15 of 15 | 53cm |
| Flaine (France) | Flaine, 1,620m | 30 of 30 (100%) | 15 of 15 | 45cm |
| Avoriaz (France) | Avoriaz, 1,768m | 25 of 25 (100%) | 14 of 14 | 85cm |
| Obertauern (Austria) | Obertauern, 1,772m | 23 of 23 (100%) | 15 of 15 | 74cm |
| Val Thorens (France) | Val Thorens, 2,283m | 14 of 14 (100%) | 7 of 7 | 50cm |
| Alpe d'Huez (France) | Alpe d'Huez, 1,860m | 29 of 30 (97%) | 15 of 15 | 51cm |
| Saas-Fee (Switzerland) | Saas Fee, 1,790m | 29 of 30 (97%) | 14 of 15 | 37cm |
| Méribel (France) | Méribel-Mottaret, 1,700m | 29 of 30 (97%) | 14 of 15 | 43cm |
| Obergurgl (Austria) | Obergurgl, 1,941m | 28 of 30 (93%) | 13 of 15 | 45cm |
| La Rosière (France) | La Rosière, 1,867m | 28 of 30 (93%) | 13 of 15 | 52cm |
| St Moritz (Switzerland) | St.Moritz, 1,850m | 28 of 30 (93%) | 13 of 15 | 35cm |
| Zermatt (Switzerland) | Zermatt, 1,638m | 28 of 30 (93%) | 13 of 15 | 25cm |
| Les Menuires (France) | Les Menuires, 1,800m | 27 of 29 (93%) | 13 of 14 | 27cm |
| Davos (Switzerland) | Davos Flüelastr., 1,560m | 27 of 30 (90%) | 12 of 15 | 33cm |
| Livigno (Italy) | Livigno S Rocco (manual snow field), 1,875m | 18 of 20 (90%) | 4 of 5 | 32cm |
| Lech (Austria) | Warth, 1,475m | 26 of 30 (87%) | 12 of 15 | 50cm |
| Saalbach Hinterglemm (Austria) | Saalbach, 975m | 25 of 29 (86%) | 11 of 14 | 20cm |
| Châtel (France) | Châtel, 1,155m | 22 of 26 (85%) | 8 of 11 | 22cm |
| Montgenèvre (France) | Montgenèvre, 1,848m | 16 of 19 (84%) | 3 of 4 | 52cm |
| Klosters (Switzerland) | Klosters KW, 1,190m | 25 of 30 (83%) | 11 of 15 | 29cm |
| Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (France) | Ste Foy Station, 1,524m | 17 of 21 (81%) | 12 of 15 | 30cm |
| Crans-Montana (Switzerland) | Montana, 1,590m | 24 of 30 (80%) | 11 of 15 | 28cm |
| St Anton am Arlberg (Austria) | St. Anton am Arlberg, 1,304m | 24 of 30 (80%) | 11 of 15 | 28cm |
| Cervinia (Italy) | Valtournenche - Perreres, 1,820m | 16 of 20 (80%) | 4 of 7 | 35cm |
| La Clusaz (France) | La Clusaz, 1,180m | 22 of 28 (79%) | 8 of 13 | 20cm |
| Wengen (Switzerland) | Wengen, 1,280m | 23 of 30 (77%) | 10 of 15 | 17cm |
| Serre Chevalier (France) | Le Monêtier-les-Bains, 1,459m | 16 of 21 (76%) | 3 of 6 | 28cm |
| Grindelwald (Switzerland) | Grindelwald, 1,107m | 20 of 27 (74%) | 8 of 15 | 22cm |
| Corvara and Colfosco (Italy) | La Villa in Badia (observer), 1,390m | 17 of 23 (74%) | 4 of 8 | 10cm |
| La Villa (Italy) | La Villa in Badia (observer), 1,390m | 17 of 23 (74%) | 4 of 8 | 10cm |
| Megève (France) | Megève, 1,080m | 21 of 30 (70%) | 8 of 15 | 16cm |
| Les Gets (France) | Les Gets village, 1,172m | 17 of 25 (68%) | 5 of 10 | 18cm |
| Morzine (France) | Les Gets village, 1,172m | 17 of 25 (68%) | 5 of 10 | 18cm |
| Chamonix (France) | Chamonix, 1,043m | 19 of 28 (68%) | 8 of 13 | 10cm |
| Valloire (France) | Valloire village, 1,460m | 7 of 11 (64%) | – | 5cm |
| Les Arcs (France) | Peisey-Nancroix, 1,350m | 17 of 27 (63%) | 7 of 12 | 10cm |
| Les Carroz (France) | Les Carroz village, 1,152m | 10 of 16 (63%) | 3 of 7 | 21cm |
| San Cassiano (Italy) | San Cassiano (observer), 1,545m | 6 of 10 (60%) | 4 of 8 | 19cm |
| Sölden (Austria) | Sölden, 1,332m | 16 of 27 (59%) | 7 of 12 | 7cm |
| Kitzbühel (Austria) | Kitzbühel, 772m | 16 of 27 (59%) | 5 of 12 | 8cm |
| Zell am See (Austria) | Zell am See, 754m | 15 of 28 (54%) | 5 of 14 | 8cm |
| Mayrhofen (Austria) | Mayrhofen, 643m | 15 of 30 (50%) | 6 of 15 | 5cm |
| Samoëns (France) | Samoëns, 785m | 10 of 27 (37%) | 4 of 12 | 0cm |
Resorts measured only on their slopes are not listed here; their records are in the Christmas Snow Report, with every reading in its CSV.
Is a white Christmas getting less likely?
Across the 33 village stations with enough readings in both periods, snow was lying on 88% of Christmas mornings from 1996–2010 and 73% from 2011 onwards. The fall is concentrated in low villages: below 1,400m it went from 79% to 57%.
The slopes have held up much better, which is why a low village with high skiing can still give a good skiing Christmas without a white one. The Christmas Snow Score weighs both.
Chalets available for Christmas in the snowiest villages
The first chalet we list in each of the villages most likely to be white on Christmas morning.
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Available for Christmas week
Chalet Premiere Neige
Val d'Isère, France
Sleeps 15 · 5 bedrooms · 6 bathrooms
- Fireplace
- Sauna
- Ski-in/ski-out
On the snow
Christmas 2026 from £11,479 for Christmas week, 19–26 December 2026, for 15 guests
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Le Charmélie 1600
Flaine, France
Sleeps 15 · 7 bedrooms · 1 bathroom
- Fireplace
366m from the lift
Christmas 2026 from £11,902 for Christmas week, 19–26 December 2026, for 15 guests
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Chalet avec jacuzzi - 150 m des remontées
Avoriaz, France
Sleeps 14 · 5 bedrooms · 2 bathrooms
- Fireplace
- Hot tub
229m from the lift
Christmas 2026 from £9,599 for Christmas week, 19–26 December 2026, for 14 guests
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Chalet Gnadenalm by Interhome
Obertauern, Austria
Sleeps 17 · 8 bedrooms · 4 bathrooms
Christmas 2026 from £9,115 for Christmas week, 19–26 December 2026, for 17 guests
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Chalet Golden Jubilée by Les Etincelles
Val Thorens, France
Sleeps 12 · 6 bedrooms · 6 bathrooms
- Sauna
- Ski-in/ski-out
On the snow
Christmas 2026 from £39,878 for Christmas week, 19–26 December 2026, for 12 guests
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White Christmas questions
Where is a white Christmas most likely in the Alps?
In the highest villages. Measured on Christmas morning since 1996, snow was lying in the village (at least 5cm) most reliably in Tignes (30 of 30, village at 2,080m), Val d'Isère (30 of 30, village at 1,854m), Flaine (30 of 30, village at 1,620m), Avoriaz (25 of 25, village at 1,768m), Obertauern (23 of 23, village at 1,772m) and Val Thorens (14 of 14, village at 2,283m).
Will it snow at Christmas in the Alps?
Nobody can say for a given year. What the record shows is how often there has been snow on the ground: across the 44 ski villages with a village weather station, a white Christmas came on 81% of Christmas mornings measured from 1996 to 2025. High villages did far better than low ones.
Is a white Christmas in the Alps getting less likely?
In low villages, yes. Below 1,400m, snow was lying on 79% of Christmas mornings from 1996–2010 and 57% from 2011 onwards, across 17 village stations. On the slopes above them the change has been much smaller.
What counts as a white Christmas here?
At least 5cm of snow lying on the ground on the morning of 25 December, at the weather station in or beside the resort village, as measured by the national or regional weather service. Falling snow on the day does not count, and neither does snow on the pistes above the village.