Make it a trip · Munich, Germany
What Munich costs
once you land
Real prices, from the airport ride to a room for the night, each with where we found it. Checked October 2026, around Altstadt and Maxvorstadt.
Prices as the source quoted them.
Private room, a cheap lunch, dinner out (your half), a coffee, two beers, two rides and the top sight.
Half a villa or 4-star room, two meals out, a coffee, two beers and the signature experience.
Arriving
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S-Bahn from the airport to the centre Fixed
S1 or S8, about 45 minutes.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€13.60 Book an airport pickup -
Visa free for 90 days in Schengen Fixed
For AU, NZ, GB, US, CA, SG passports.
No fee yet; the €20 ETIAS has no start date.
Source: Deep Arrival, ETIAS 2026 (2026-10)
Free -
EU citizens, ID card is enough Fixed
For IE, NL, DE, FR passports.
Free movement within the EU.
Source: Deep Arrival, ETIAS 2026 (2026-10)
Free
Getting around
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Single ticket, zone M Fixed
U-Bahn, S-Bahn, tram and bus, with changes.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€3.70 -
Day ticket, zone M Fixed
One person, valid until 6am the next day.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€9.70
Eating and drinking
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Meal at a casual restaurant, from Range
Usually 9 to 15 EUR. A traditional Bavarian lunch costs €14 to 22.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€9 -
Dinner for two, mid-range, from Range
Usually 44 to 76 EUR. €22 to 38 a head with a beer.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€44 -
Cappuccino, from Range
Usually 3.5 to 4.5 EUR.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€3.50 -
A litre of beer at a beer garden, from Range
Usually 8 to 10 EUR. Hofbräuhaus charges €12 to 13. In many beer gardens you can bring your own food.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€8
At the supermarket
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Street food at the Viktualienmarkt, from Range
Usually 5 to 10 EUR. Wurst, pretzels and sandwiches.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€5
Doing
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Deutsches Museum Fixed
Adult. €1 on Sundays, like the Pinakothek galleries.
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€15 Get tickets -
Residenz and Treasury Fixed
Combined ticket for the Bavarian royal palace.
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€13 Get tickets -
Bavaria group train ticket to Neuschwanstein Fixed
For up to five people for the day. Castle tickets are extra.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€29 Book the tour
Sleeping, per night
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Hostel dorm bed, from Range
Usually 25 to 38 EUR. Oktoberfest weeks cost several times more.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€25 Find a hostel -
Budget hotel or guesthouse, from Range
Usually 70 to 105 EUR.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
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Three-star hotel, from Range
Usually 105 to 170 EUR. Book about a year ahead for Oktoberfest.
Source: Radical Storage, is Munich expensive (2026-07)
€105 Find a hotel
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