Weather news! Will Christmas be white in Manali, will snow fall on 25th December after 12 years or not? know

Manali. Tourists have now started arriving in Manali, the tourist city of Himachal Pradesh. In such a situation, a large number of tourists are expected to visit Manali on Christmas and New Year. Most of the people go to Manali with the hope of seeing snowfall. But looking at the mountains, people are feeling disappointed. However, now in the coming days, the hope of tourists to see a White Christmas in the valley during Christmas has started increasing. People also have a question whether there will be snowfall on Christmas in Manali this year or not?

Meteorological Center Shimla has released information regarding the weather of the state in the coming days. In such a situation, Meteorological Center scientist Sandeep Sharma says that the weather will remain clear in most areas of the state till December 19. Whereas there is a possibility of snowfall in high mountain areas on 20th and 21st December. Snowfall may be seen in the upper areas of Manali on 21st December. However, the weather will remain clear at all places on 22 and 24 December. In such a situation, there is no possibility of any kind of western disturbance for 25th December and the weather is likely to remain normal in most of the areas on 25th December. It is cloudy in the state on Thursday.

This year people’s dream of seeing a Manali White Christmas may not be fulfilled, but due to snowfall on the high hills in the areas around Manali, people can enjoy playing in the snow at some places during Christmas.

Hotel businessmen started preparations for Christmas in Manali also

Manali tourism businessman Mukesh Thakur said that these days, tourists’ queries regarding Christmas will also start coming in hotels. In such a situation, hoteliers have also started decorating their hotels by painting them for Christmas. Hoteliers hope that Manali’s tourism business will once again pick up pace during Christmas. Preparations have also been started in many hotels to welcome the tourists with live music, bonfire parties and Pahari cuisine and dishes.

When has White Christmas been seen in Manali?

Gajendra Thakur, President of Federation of Himachal Hotels and Restaurants Association (Dohra), said that a large number of tourists reach Himachal during the Christmas and New Year season. In such a situation, all the hotels also complete preparations for this in advance. So that tourists can get the best experience here. In such a situation, even these days the occupancy in hotels in Manali is still around 70. However, this occupancy is also expected to reach 100 percent around Christmas.

Generally, there is a high probability of snowfall in Manali during 15 to 31 December.

He told that generally there is a high probability of snowfall in Manali during 15 to 31 December. In the year 2024, there was snowfall in Manali city and surrounding areas around Christmas, giving tourists a memorable white Christmas experience. However, in 2023 also there was snowfall in December, due to which Manali was covered in white sheets of snow even before the Christmas celebrations. In 2013, White Christmas i.e. snowfall was seen in Manali.