The Winter Olympics are held every four years.

Quick Scoop

  • The Winter Olympic Games take place once every four years, on a fixed cycle similar to the Summer Olympics.
  • Since the early 1990s, Winter and Summer Games have been staggered so that some form of Olympics happens every two years (Summer, then Winter, then Summer, etc.).
  • The most recent Winter Olympics were in Beijing in 2022, and the next are scheduled for February 6–22, 2026, in Milan–Cortina, Italy.

In simple terms: if you know the year of one Winter Olympics, add four to get the next one.

TL;DR: How often are Winter Olympics? Every four years, with Winter and Summer Games alternating so there is an Olympic event roughly every two years.

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