White Christmas odds and predictions: Sheffield and Newcastle favourites for Christmas Day 2024 snow
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As the big day gets closer and temperatures plummet, the sportscasting.com/uk traders have priced up which UK areas are most likely to get a white Christmas this year.
London has an outside squeak at 7/1, but of the English areas it’s Sheffield and Newcastle at 6/4 that have the best chance of snow this Christmas, say the betting insiders.
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Hide AdWhile, if you are looking for a picturesque festive period - the experts are saying you must head to Scotland.


This is because most places north of the border are fancied for some of the ‘white stuff’ - with Inverness the overall favourite at just 4/6 (odds on) for Christmas Day snow.
Andy Newton, of sportscasting.com/uk said: “Some areas of the UK have already seen snow in November, which suggests a White Christmas ‘somewhere’ will happen come the big day.
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Hide Ad“No surprises in seeing most places in Scotland are fancied for some of the ‘white stuff’ by the experts.
“However, if you are looking for a picturesque festive period in England - it seems you’ve got the best chance if you live in Newcastle or Sheffield.”
Here is the full list of White Christmas odds in all the main UK cities and towns:
In:
- Aberdeen 10/11
- Belfast 7/4
- Birmingham 5/1
- Blackpool 5/1
- Bournemouth 11/1
- Brighton 9/1
- Bristol 7/1
- Cambridge 4/1
- Cardiff 5/1
- Carlisle 5/1
- Coventry 5/1
- Derby 7/2
- Dundee 6/5
- Edinburgh 6/5
- Exeter 12/1
- Glasgow 11/10
- Hull 2/1
- Inverness 4/6
- Ipswich 4/1
- Leeds 5/2
- Leicester 4/1
- Liverpool 5/1
- London 7/1
- Luton 6/1
- Manchester 5/1
- Milton Keynes 6/1
- Newcastle 6/4
- Norwich 7/2
- Northampton 5/1
- Nottingham 7/2
- Oxford 11/2
- Peterborough 9/2
- Plymouth 12/1
- Portsmouth 11/1
- Reading 11/2
- Sheffield 6/4
- Stoke-On-Trent 5/1
- Southampton 11/1
- Swansea 6/1
- Swindon 11/2
- Taunton 8/1
- Wolverhampton 11/2
- York 9/4
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