Berlin Sledding Snow Odds: How Many Weekends Had Enough Snow
How often there is enough snow to sled in Berlin: 31 winters of daily snow depth, one row per winter. Set how many centimetres you need and see how many weekend days cleared it. Data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst, checked on 27 October 2026.
At 5 cm, 22 of 31 winters had a weekend day to sled. At 10 cm, only 9 did, and the typical winter had none.
Set how much snow you need and see how many weekends in 31 Berlin winters cleared it.
What the chart shows
One row for each winter from 1995/96 to 2025/26, one column for each day from 1 November to 31 March. Dark blue marks a Saturday or Sunday with at least as much snow on the ground as you set, light blue marks a weekday that clears it, and the number at the right of each row counts its weekend days.
How to use it
Move the bar to the depth you need. My rule of thumb: 5 cm is a thin run on a short, steep slope and 10 cm is a proper sledding day.
Read the three cards: how many winters had at least one weekend day that clears your depth, the typical winter, and the best one.
Tap a row to read that winter: the days that cleared your depth, how many fell on a weekend, and the deepest snow that winter.
Where the data comes from
Daily snow depth at the Dahlem station (Berlin-Dahlem FU, 51 m above sea level) from the open climate data of the Deutscher Wetterdienst, checked on 27 October 2026. It is one station in the south-west of the city, so snow in the north and east can differ. Sixteen days of the 2024/25 winter have no reading and stay blank. Public and school holidays are not counted separately.