Which part of Europe gets the most snow?

The Snowiest Cities in Europe for a Wintery Weekend
  1. Tallinn, Estonia – 20.5 days of snow per month. ...
  2. Vilnius, Lithuania – 18.5 days of snow per month. ...
  3. Erfurt, Germany – 17.25 days of snow per month. ...
  4. Turku, Finland – 16.75 days of snow per month. ...
  5. Helsinki, Finland – 16.5 days of snow per month.




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Surprisingly, Japan is the snowiest country in the world. According to the US-based AccuWeather survey, Japanese cities are among the top 3 in the world for annual snowfall in cities with over 100,000 people. Japan also has the heaviest recorded snow cover on earth, even in uninhabited areas.

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Snow is common across all parts of Germany but is more frequent and abundant in the Central Uplands, the Alpine Foreland, and the German Alps. Regions like the North and Baltic Sea coast and the North German Plain see less snow and have warmer temperatures.

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Europe's coldest places right now
  • Oymyakon, Russia. It's one of those places that is forever in a 'winter mode. ...
  • Bergen, Norway. ...
  • Rovaniemi, Finland. ...
  • Reykjavik, Iceland. ...
  • Vienna, Austria. ...
  • Tallinn, Estonia. ...
  • Zermatt, Switzerland. ...
  • Zagreb, Croatia.


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In Europe the rule of thumb for snow at Christmas is: That the higher up the mountains you are in the Alps or the further North you are in Scandinavia the more certain you can be of a guaranteed white Christmas.

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Winter. The weather in Amsterdam in December is cold with average temperatures of around 5 °C. The colder temperatures bring with them the chances of snow and there are as many as 11 days of snowfall to be expected in December and January.

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The city can sometimes experience extremes. Snowfall is an infrequent occurrence in winter, falling on an average of 16 days per year, though infrequently heavy. Thunderstorms are a similarly occurring feature, occurring on average up to 16 days per year.

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Or it does come from the sea and is moist enough to make snow, but that is from the gulf stream which is relatif warm. Because of global rising temperatures the air we get from over sea rarely gets cold enough to make snow anymore.

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