As the festive season draws near, many Brits are dreaming of a classic white Christmas, the perfect backdrop for a Hallmark movie. Luckily, there's one city with the top-rated Christmas market in the UK that is predicted to see snow during the holiday season.

Edinburgh has been singled out as the only UK destination on a list of European Christmas markets most likely to be sprinkled with snow this season. The famous Christmas market, which graces East Princes Street Gardens, has joined a list of over 30 European countries expected to offer visitors that genuine and covetedwhite Christmas.

To compile the results, Omio, a leading multi-modal travel booking platform, collected weather data for 51 European Christmas market locations in November and December, and calculated the average lowest temperature from this data. Omio identified which markets are most likely to be chilled by temperatures of 2°C or below, resulting in a higher likelihood of snowfall during the last two months of the year, and, ultimately, when the Christmas markets are open. The data was sourced from NOAA.

However, a cold snap expected in the UK this week could prove the study wrong. Snow is forecast in parts of the North East and North West, meaning highly ranked Christmas market cities such as Chester, Liverpool, York, and Durham could get a dusting, reports the Mirror.

Edinburgh, already one of the UK's most scenic cities, is renowned for its Christmas market, which this year runs from 15 November to 4 January. Amid the charming huts brimming with festive gifts and cosy stocking fillers, you'll discover international delicacies such as German sausages and crepes, along with a comforting cup of hot chocolate or mulled wine.

The market also features a mini-funfair complete with a helter-skelter, swing carousel that nearly grazes the Gothic Scott Monument, and a big wheel offering views of Edinburgh's formidable medieval castle and ancient hill, Arthur's Seat. The prospect of meandering around the Edinburgh Christmas market, bedecked with delightful wooden chalets, among a snow flurry, is enough to lure anyone to the Scottish capital.

If you needed another reason to visit, Edinburgh was also listed among the top nine UK Christmas markets to visit this year, following comprehensive research from Which? in its annual tradition. Besides its hugely popular Christmas market, Edinburgh is also known for hosting one of the UK's most famous New Year's Eve (Hogmanay) celebrations.

So, with hundreds of Christmas markets scattered across the UK and Europe, this could just be the best spot in the UK to visit during the festive season. Plus, visitors can further immerse themselves in the city's charm with a leisurely stroll around the winter gardens, a glide around the ice rink, or by exploring the New Town for more retail therapy in the city.

However, if you're keen to explore beyond the UK, over 30 other European Christmas markets are forecasted to be graced with snow this year, as per Omio.

• Christmas Village, Rovaniemi, Finland


• Christmas Market at Senate Square, Helsinki, Finland


• Christmas Markets at Market Square, Turku, Finland


• Christmas Market at Main Market Square, Kraków, Poland


• Old Town Christmas Market, Innsbruck, Austria


• Advent Market at Hauptplatz, Graz, Austria


• Christmas Markets at Námstí Svobody, Brno, Czech Republic


• Christkindlmarkt at Domplatz, Salzburg, Austria


• Advent Feast at the Great Forest, Debrecen, Hungary


• Christmas Market at Rynek, Wrocaw, Poland


• Christmas Markets at Hlavná ulica, Košice, Slovakia


• Christkindlesmarkt at Hauptmarkt, Nuremberg, Germany


• Christkindlmarkt at Marienplatz, Munich, Germany


• Skansen Christmas Market, Stockholm, Sweden


• Christmas Markets in Old Town, Colmar, France


• Christmas Market at Targ Wglowy, Gdask, Poland


• Marché de Noël at Parc des Bastions, Geneva, Switzerland


• Christmas Market at Den Gamle By, Aarhus, Denmark


• H.C. Andersen Christmas Market, Odense, Denmark


• Christkindelsmärik at Place Kléber, Strasbourg, France


• Marché de Noël at Place Saint-Louis, Metz, France


• Striezelmarkt at Altmarkt, Dresden, Germany


• Gendarmenmarkt Christmas Market, Berlin, Germany


• Liseberg Christmas Market, Gothenburg, Sweden


• Christmas Market at Gustav Adolfs Torg, Malmö, Sweden


• Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic


• Christmas Market at Vörösmarty Square, Budapest, Hungary


• Christmas Markets in Caves, Valkenburg, Netherlands


• Christmas Markets at Hlavné námestie, Bratislava, Slovakia


• Christkindlmarkt at Main Train Station, Zurich, Switzerland


• Weihnachtsmarkt at Barfüsserplatz, Basel, Switzerland


• Christmas Market at East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, UK