Munich Public Transportation Tickets: Day Passes, Prices & Zones (2026)

Cheap day tickets and public transportation travel cards offer savings on ticket prices for travel on U and S-Bahn trains, buses, and trams in Munich (München) in Bavaria.

Munich (München) has an excellent and extensive public transportation system that incorporates S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains, trams, and buses into a smooth network. Most tourists in Munich will save by using a public transportation day ticket, which is generally cheaper than two or three single journeys. Couples, small groups, and families save even more when using the cheap group day ticket (Gruppen-Tageskarte). For longer stays, the weekly and monthly tickets are excellent deals. The München Card and Munich City Pass offer discounts to many sights.

Munich Transportation Ticket Prices (2026)

The most popular Munich public transportation ticket prices for 2026 are:

Cheap Munich Transportation Day Tickets

Most visitors to Munich will save on public transportation costs by using day tickets (Tageskarten) rather than single-journey tickets (Einzelfahrtkarten).

A Munich transportation day ticket is usually cheaper than three single journeys in the inner city, and hardly more expensive than a single ticket when traveling from outside the center, e.g., from the airport or Dachau.

Munich public transportation ticket prices increase annually, but the relative positions usually stay unchanged. Central Munich day tickets remain cheaper than three single-trip tickets; day tickets are much cheaper than two single tickets for longer journeys; a group ticket is cheaper than two singles; and a week ticket is cheaper than three one-day tickets.

A day ticket (Tageskarte) is just one of the around 20 different ticket types available in Munich.

The most important determining factors in choosing the best day ticket are:

• adult or child (6 – 14, under 6 always free)
• single or small group
• the zones covered
• transportation only or a pass that includes discounts to popular tourist sights.

→ Traveling with children? See new rules for children introduced in 2026 — often, they don’t need their own ticket for transport in Munich.

Munich Transportation Single, Group, and Child Day Tickets and Week Travel Cards

Munich transportation day tickets are available for:

• singles (Single Tageskarte),
• children (Tageskarte-Kinder), and
• small groups (Gruppe Tageskarte).

These day tickets are valid from the moment of validation until 6 am the following morning.

The children’s ticket is for children aged 6 to 14 years. (Under 6-year-olds travel for free with an adult or older child.)

A single-day ticket may be used by an adult plus all own children (or grandchildren) and three other children. (Adding children for free was introduced in 2026 and is only applicable for the DAY ticket, and not to a single journey ticket. Other period tickets usually exclude children traveling free on weekdays before 9 am.)

The Gruppe Tageskarte (previously Partner Tageskarte) is a group daily ticket and generally gives the best savings for couples and small groups. (Families may often do better with the new single-day ticket rule.) This group day ticket allows up to five adults to travel together or substitute any adult for two children. (The own children rule is not applied for group tickets.)

• The Munich transportation Gruppe Tageskarte works out cheaper as soon as two people travel together (except for an adult with a single child, three children, or an adult with own children).

Save with Weekly and Monthly Passes in Munich

The week and month tickets are excellent savings deals for visitors staying in Munich longer than three days (or three weeks). A weekly ticket is usually cheaper than three separate day tickets, and a monthly ticket is cheaper than three weekly tickets.

Tip: if traveling only inside the center with an arrival and departure trip to the airport, buy a cheaper Zone M week pass and two single M-5 tickets for travel to the airport.

Weekly and monthly tickets, previously referred to as the Isarcard, are valid from the day of first use until noon the day after expiry. For example, if you use a weekly ticket for the first time on a Tuesday, it only expires at noon on the following Tuesday. Similarly, monthly tickets follow the calendar days and not calendar month — if you travel over the end of February, you miss out a bit, but it is still a good deal.

The weekly and monthly tickets have a similar child bonus as the single-day ticket BUT exclude children traveling for free on weekdays before 9:00.

The monthly ticket is only worth considering if traveling in two separate calendar months. Otherwise, the Deutschland-Ticket is a much better deal.

Deutschland-Ticket (Germany Ticket)

The Deutschland-Ticket (Germany Ticket) is an interesting local transportation subscription season ticket. It is valid on all local transportation options throughout Germany, including regional trains, S and U-Bahn trains, city buses, and trams. The price is only €63 per calendar month in 2026 (up from €49 in 2024, €58 in 2025), and foreigners may also buy it. It is an annual subscription season ticket rather than a simple journey ticket or day travel pass, but it is possible to cancel in time and only use it for a month.

→ See Cheap Travel on the €63 Deutschland-Ticket Germany Train Pass for details — read the fine print before signing up!

Munich Transportation Day Ticket Zones and Prices in 2026

Munich simplified the price structure of public transportation in 2020. The larger Munich mass transit network reduced tariff zones to only 7 (although expanding the geographical area of the network pushed it up to 12, which is still less than the previous 16!). Tariff zones are formed by rings around circular Zone M at the heart of Munich. Ticket prices for transportation are determined by the number of zones that a journey lasts.

The transportation day tickets (Tageskarten) are available for individual zones or any combination of zones. Around 30 combinations are possible. It does not even need to include zone M, but for tourist visits, an outer zones ticket, say for example 2-4, is rarely of any use.

Some price examples (2026) that may be of interest to most tourists include:

*Note: A separate group ticket is not sold for children, but up to ten children may travel on the regular day group ticket. Up to three children and all own chlidren (or grandchildren) travel for free with an adult on a single day ticket (or after 9:00 on weekdays and anytime on weekends for a week ticket.)

Munich Public Transportation Ticket Zones

The following ticket zones are the most relevant to tourists using public transportation in Munich:

• Zone M (previously Innenraum) covers all of central Munich. Almost all tourist sights are in this zone.
• Zone M-1 includes all of central Munich as well as nearby towns such as Dachau, Oberschließheim, Unterschließheim, and the Messe (exhibition) area.
• Zone M-5 (roughly the previous Gesamtnetz / full network) includes almost the whole Munich public transportation network, including transportation to München Airport (MUC).

Zone M is usually sufficient for most tourists, but Zone M-5 is useful when arriving at the airport. When bought at the airport, this ticket is often simply referred to as the Airport-City Ticket, which is usually valid from the moment of purchase, while other tickets usually must be validated on first use.

Traveling out of Munich?
When going further afield, use the Bayern Ticket of German Railways – it covers almost all forms of local transportation in Bavaria, including the complete Munich public transportation network. Further regional offers are available — search journeys at German Railways and the cheapest options will be suggested.

A bicycle day ticket is €3.70 for unlimited travel in Munich or €7.50 for all of Bavaria. (Bicycles may not be taken on the U and S-Bahn during peak hours – usually 6-9:00 and 16-18:00 on weekdays.)

Children and Family Fares on Trains, Trams, and Buses in Munich

The children and family rules on German public transportation are complicated, but the potential savings are significant, so it is usually worth carefully studying the fares for each network. Every major city and each state set their own rules.

In Munich, the following is important for children and families:

• Adult: 15 years plus
• Child: from 6 to 14 years
• Small child: younger than five, accompanied by an adult or older child.
• Own children bonus: any own children, or grandchildren, aged 6 to 14 years.

From 2026, an adult with a single day ticket may be accompanied by all own children, or three other children. This bonus is only valid after 9 am on weekdays on week or month tickets and not applicable at all on single-journey or group day tickets.

On a group day ticket, two children count as one passenger, i.e. up to ten children can share a regular group day ticket.

A Child Ticket and Child Day Ticket are not linked to zones and cost the same for the entire Munich public transportation network.

Further Savings Passes for Munich and Bavaria

Tourists to Munich may also save with the following passes and tickets:

• The Munich Card or Munich Tour Passes include admission or give discounts to many popular sites. Adding public transportation to the passes is optional.
• The German Railways’ Bayern Ticket covers almost all modes of local transportation in Bavaria, including the full public transportation network in Munich.
• The Deutschland-Ticket is a good monthly option too, but read the details before signing up.