The Santa tracker is live: see what time he reaches your town
Our Santa tracker went live on 12 November 2026. Put in a postcode and it shows the time Santa is due in your town or village on Christmas Eve, with a countdown now and his flight live from 10:00 on Christmas Eve.
Put in your postcode and our Santa tracker shows the time Santa is due in your town or village on Christmas Eve, and when to be asleep by. It went live on 12 November 2026. It counts down the sleeps until Christmas Eve, then shows his flight live from 10:00 that morning, over the rest of the world first and across the UK through the night. There is a timetable of every city, and 362 cities and towns have a page of their own. Santa’s flight plan is ours and make-believe; the Met Office weather warnings on it are real.
By Tom Calder · Updated 12 November 2026 · About our own Santa tracker, with NORAD’s and Google’s own pages and the Met Office’s warnings, read on 12 November 2026
What the Santa tracker shows
Our Santa tracker went live on 12 November 2026. Put in a postcode and it finds your own town, village or hamlet, anywhere in the UK, and shows the time Santa is due there on Christmas Eve and the time to be asleep by.
The postcode is looked up in your browser. It goes only to postcodes.io, a free postcode service, to find where you are, and never to us.
Until Christmas Eve the tracker counts down the sleeps. From 10:00 on Christmas Eve it shows his flight live: over the rest of the world first, then across the UK through the night, with each city’s lights turning gold as he passes.
The timetable lists every city in the UK with its time, and 362 cities and towns have a page of their own, with sunset there on Christmas Eve and where he comes from and goes next. A few of them: London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast.
The honest part
Santa’s flight plan is ours, and it is make-believe. The times are worked out from where you live, they are the same for everyone, and they do not change from year to year. The weather warnings on the tracker are real: they come from the Met Office, for the part of the country he is flying over.
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Alongside NORAD and Google
NORAD Tracks Santa and Google’s Santa Tracker follow Santa round the world on Christmas Eve, and both are worth a look. Ours does a different job: a time for every town and village in the UK. Neither NORAD nor Google had announced its 2026 dates when we checked on 12 November. Our guide to the Santa trackers and when each starts in UK time has what each did last year, and we will update it when they announce.
Common questions
When does the Santa tracker go live?
Ours is counting down now, and his live flight starts at 10:00 on Christmas Eve, UK time. NORAD and Google had not announced their 2026 dates when we checked on 12 November 2026.
Is the Santa tracker real?
It is for fun. Santa’s flight plan is ours and make-believe, and the same for everyone. The Met Office weather warnings on it are real.
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