Snow could fall across several parts of the UK on Christmas Day, advanced weather modelling maps suggest, with regions as far south as Sussex potentially in the firing line
19:13, 16 Dec 2025
Snow (in purple) could hit several regions at 9pm on Christmas Day(Image: WX Charts)
A White Christmas looks to be on the cards as weather maps show snow could land across several regions on December 25.
The GFS weather model shows snow hitting the UK from the East – reminiscent of the ‘Beast from the East’ – in the evening on Christmas Day. East Anglia, the Pennines and even the south-east (potentially including London) all look set to see some flurries initially.
At 6am on Boxing Day, maps show snow falling along the east coast of England as well as in the Midlands, over the Peak District, over the Pennines, and in Gloucestershire. Sporadic flurries could fall from Bristol in the west to Lincolnshire in the East at around midday on Boxing Day.
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Snow coverage maps for Boxing Day morning reveal the true extent of this snow blast, with the white stuff settled on the ground across a massive portion of Wales as well as parts of Sussex and Kent.
The East Midlands, West Midlands, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire might also see snow, with the Peak District and Pennines also in the firing line up north. The maps show no snow in Northern Ireland and only sparse coverage over hills in Scotland.
Flurries are expected to continue at midday on Boxing Day(Image: WX Charts)
The Met Office says temperatures are unlikely to drop too low over the Christmas period. The national weather agency’s forecast for December 21 to 30 states: “Unsettled conditions are likely to continue at first, with low pressure probably centred somewhere to the southwest of the UK, whilst high pressure tries to nose in from the east across northern areas.
“This means a broadly easterly flow becoming established, whilst periods of rain or showers becoming increasingly confined to southern or southwestern parts. With time, high pressure is signalled to become rather more dominant with more in the way dry, settled weather anticipated.
Snow coverage (in purple) at 9am on Boxing Day(Image: WX Charts)
“With this, temperatures will probably lower a little compared to recent weeks, closer to or perhaps a little below average for some. Overnight frost and fog or freezing fog could become more widespread, though any particularly cold conditions look unlikely at this stage.”
Forecasters at BBC Weather say the chance of a White Christmas remains low. Their forecast for December 22 to 28 states: “We can most probably expect a drier week, still breezy at times with a few showers scattered around but with much less risk of strong winds and widespread heavy rain.
“Atlantic weather systems could still try to nudge eastwards towards the UK, so more rain is possible at times in the most westerly areas of the UK, or perhaps affecting the far south if they slide towards western Europe to the south of the high pressure. It should be drier than average, or near seasonal at worst.
“With easterly winds temperatures should come down day by day to end up near the December average. By the end of the week high pressure could shift further west at high latitudes, towards Iceland and the northern North Atlantic. This would introduce north-east to north-westerly wind flows and chances of some colder air.
“Any snow showers should be confined to higher elevations, so for most people a white Christmas is looking unlikely. Any calmer nights, however, would lead to chances of frost and fog.”
