Munich public transport tickets and fares: zone M, the day ticket, the Bayern-Ticket, validation and fines, and night service

💡 The Short Version: Zone M covers the whole city, with no fare boundaries inside it. A single ticket is €4.20 and lasts 2 hours in one direction; the single-day ticket is €10.10 for one adult, and the group day ticket is €19.70 for two to five people, both valid until 6:00 the next day. The airport is zones M to 5 (€15.10 single, €17.50 day) and Dachau M to 1 (€6.40 single, €11.70 day). Stamp a paper ticket before you board a train; the fine is up to €60, and most stations have no turnstiles. The U-Bahn runs all night at weekends. The Deutschlandticket (€63 a month) is a subscription and a poor fit for a visit. For day trips the Bayern-Ticket (€34 for one, €44 for two) covers regional trains. Or pre-buy a card: the Munich Card with zone M transportad is from €17 (GetYourGuide); Munich City Pass or Munich Card does the sums.

Tickets and fares

Fares are the MVV’s, valid from 1 January 2026. The MVV is the fare association for the S-Bahn, U-Bahn, trams and buses, which are run by S-Bahn München and the MVG. Children aged 6 to 14 pay reduced fares, and children under 6 travel free.

The U-Bahn platform at Olympiazentrum, the station for the Olympiapark. Photo: Jivee Blau, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

• The day ticket pays from the third journey, because three singles are €12.60. For two people the group ticket is €0.50 cheaper than two single-day tickets, and from three people it is far cheaper.
• MVVswipe is a check-in, check-out ticket in the MVV or MVGO app, charged at the end of the day and never more than a day ticket, from €3.74. It needs an M-Login.
• From 1 January 2027 the single-day ticket is €10.80, the group day ticket €21.00 and the strip ticket €21.00; the single stays €4.20.

Where to buy

Machines at S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations and on MVG buses and trams sell tickets. So do the MVGO and MVV apps, which since January 2026 sell single, day and weekly tickets without registering (mvg.de), and the Deutsche Bahn machines, which let you choose a stamped or unstamped ticket.

The zones

Zone M covers the whole city of Munich and parts of the surrounding area; zones 1 to 12 cover the districts around it. You pay for the zones you pass through, and a zone passed twice counts once. A single is valid for 2 hours in zone M, 3 hours from M to 1 and 5 hours from M to 5. The trips a visitor makes:

From 1 January 2027 the Dachau day ticket is €12.40 and its group ticket €22.50, and the airport day ticket is €18.50 and its group ticket €33.90.

Validation, inspections and fines

• Paper tickets: stamp them at the validators in the station before you board an S-Bahn, U-Bahn or regional train. On a bus or a tram stamp the ticket as you board. A ticket bought on a bus or tram is stamped when it is sold.
• Mobile and MVVswipe tickets are not stamped.
• No turnstiles at most stations, so inspectors check on board.
• The fine is up to €60 for travelling without a valid ticket, and inspectors may ask for payment by debit or credit card on the spot (MVV conditions of carriage).

An Avenio tram on line 19 at Max-Weber-Platz. Photo: Aisano, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

Night service

The U-Bahn runs all night on the nights from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday, and before public holidays, every 30 minutes on each line, with the lines offset so the city centre has a train every 15 minutes in each direction. Night trams N17, N19, N20 and N27 and night buses N40 to N45, N72 and N74 run all night (muenchen.de). The S8 to the airport runs round the clock.

The new timetable starts on 13 December 2026: the U7 is cut to the rush hours, and the buses inside the Mittlerer Ring are redrawn, with the X30 becoming line 64 (mvg.de).

The Deutschlandticket and the Bayern-Ticket

Deutschlandticket €63 a month · Bayern-Ticket €34 for one, €44 for two

The Deutschlandticket is €63 a month in 2026 and €66.80 from 1 January 2027. It is a monthly subscription, personal, cancelled by the 10th of the month, and valid on local and regional trains, the S-Bahn, the U-Bahn, trams and buses across Germany. It is not valid on ICE, IC or EC trains. The MVV says it accepts only credit cards that support the 3D Secure process and that cards issued outside the EU may be declined, so a visitor’s card may fail. A three-day visit costs about €30 in single-day tickets, so the subscription pays only for a long stay.

The Bayern-Ticket suits a day trip. It is €34 for one person, €44 for two, €54 for three, €64 for four and €74 for five, in second class, bought at a machine or online. It is valid on weekdays from 9:00 until 3:00 the next day, and all day at weekends and on public holidays, on regional trains and most local buses in Bavaria. It is not valid on ICE or IC trains. The day trips from Munich page says which trips it covers, and the Neuschwanstein shuttle bus and the Kehlstein bus at Berchtesgaden are outside it.

Hauptbahnhof and the works

Hauptbahnhof is the hub for long-distance, regional and S-Bahn trains. It is a building site while the second S-Bahn trunk line is built, so expect crowds and detours.

Until probably mid-2028 some S-Bahn trains do not stop at Laim. The S-Bahn’s works page lists the changes as they are announced.

Trains to the day trips

What to book before you go to Munich lists the sights that need tickets and the days they are closed, and Munich walking tours lists the guided walks and the hop-on hop-off bus. Where to stay in Munich compares the areas, and hotels near Munich Hauptbahnhof lists the ones by the station. Free things to do in Munich lists what costs nothing once you are there. For another German city, see Berlin public transport.