22 resorts priced · 195 comparable weeks

Ski holidays, on snow and price

The beach pages ask which month is cheapest. Skiing asks something else: how much snow you get for the money. Every price below is a 7-night week for 2 adults — the only basis that compares — set against the snow typically lying in the month you would travel.

Best value: price per centimetre of snow

The cheapest comparable week divided by the snow usually on the ground that month. Lower is better. It is a ratio of two approximations, so read it as a ranking rather than a measurement.

£6.7 /cm · £1,000

£7.1 /cm · £982

£8.7 /cm · £1,080

£8.8 /cm · £1,501

£9.2 /cm · £1,140

£9.4 /cm · £1,138

£10 /cm · £998

£10.4 /cm · £984

£10.5 /cm · £944

£10.5 /cm · £1,298

£11.6 /cm · £1,335

£12 /cm · £1,310

£14.4 /cm · £1,214

£14.5 /cm · £1,482

£14.6 /cm · £1,091

£16.9 /cm · £1,482

£17 /cm · £912

£17 /cm · £1,970

£24.7 /cm · £1,015

£24.7 /cm · £1,524

£36.7 /cm · £1,036

£159.9 /cm · £1,087

Where the snow actually is

Village altitude is where the snow figure is measured; piste altitude is where you ski. The gap matters — a resort with a low village and a high mountain has far more snow than its village figure suggests.

Prices are indicative lead-in prices for 7 nights, 2 adults, captured from inghams and not quotes. Snow figures are 2020-2024climate normals modelled at each resort’s village — they describe a typical month, never current conditions, and are not a snow report. Resort altitude and piste data cover 150 of 195 offers. For sun rather than snow, see all destinations.