The only information you need to choose a Christmas getaway
It will be the fault of Hollywood, the Brothers Grimm or capitalism, but let's see who can get us out of our heads that, to live a perfect Christmas, you need a fireplace, a tree full of gifts and a lot of snow outside the window . We are so obsessed with the idea that we sprinkle even Bethlehem with white powders, without being precisely the area given to snowfall.
Or is it? That is the doubt they are trying to get us out of Voucher Cloud , the traveler discount company And, what we like the most, is that they have grouped the information in a practical map that allows us to see, at a glance, that if we want to experience postcard parties this year we have to go to… (drum of jingle bells): Moscow!
There, the chance of diving into flakes on Christmas Day is 65.8%, the highest in the world. They are followed, in probability of snow, by their neighbors Minsk, in Belarus (59.4%), Vilnius, in Lithuania (53.9%), Tallinn, in Estonia (52.9%) and Helsinki, in Finland (50, 30.
Moscow, the perfect destination to live a white Christmas
That's the top five. Next, kyiv, in the Ukraine, stands out with its 49.7% chance, followed by Nuuk in Greenland (49.7%), Ottawa, in Canada (46.1%), Oslo, in Norway (44.8%) and Astana, in Kazakhstan.
And what about Spain? Let's see...nothing! The possibility of snow in Madrid on December 25 is 1%, so it is better to go abandoning all hope. Of course, in traditionally very Christmas getaway destinations, such as Vienna, Amsterdam, Paris or London, the possibilities are not much higher either: they range from 14.2% of the first to 4.8% of the last.
Even worse is the prognosis, however, in 127 cities that have obtained zero points in this particular classification, in which, of course, practically all the capitals of the southern hemisphere are found. Moreover, of the top 25 in terms of probability of snowfall, 24 capitals are in Europe -and one in Canada-. It was to be expected: after all, it was we who began to proclaim the already irrefutable image of the white Christmas...