Oktoberfest 2026 in Munich: what a Mass of beer and other things cost, with source and year

What does a Mass of beer cost at Oktoberfest 2026?

A litre of beer costs 14.90 to 15.90 EUR in the big tents in 2026, per the festival's own beer price page (14.90 EUR in the Augustiner-Festhalle, 15.75 EUR at the Fischer-Vroni, 15.90 EUR in the Armbrustschützenzelt, the Löwenbräu-Festzelt and the Pschorr-Bräurosl, 15.80 EUR in the other eight big tents, and wheat beer at 18.40 EUR a litre in Kufflers Weinzelt); across all 35 tents the City of Munich puts the 2026 range at 14.80 to 15.90 EUR and the average at 15.61 EUR, 2.38 percent more than in 2025 and about 44 percent above the 2017 average of 10.87 EUR.

Entry to the Oide Wiesn costs 4 EUR from age 15, with no charge up to age 14 and after 21:00 through the exits; the historic rides there cost 1.50 EUR, and its 2026 litre is 14.80 EUR in the Museumszelt, 14.90 EUR in the Volkssängerzelt, 15.30 EUR in the Boandlkramerei and 15.80 EUR in the Festzelt Tradition. All figures are the 2026 lists of the festival, the City of Munich and the tents, read on 12 and 14 September 2026.

The ten-year change, 10.87 EUR in 2017 to 15.61 EUR in 2026, is 4.74 EUR or about 44 percent by the city's figures; the two series differ in their base, so the percentage is approximate. Per big tent in 2026, with 2025 in brackets: Armbrustschützenzelt 15.90 (15.50), Augustiner-Festhalle 14.90 (14.50), Bräurosl 15.90 (15.40), Fischer-Vroni 15.75 (15.40), Löwenbräu-Festzelt 15.90 (15.40), Ochsenbraterei 15.80 (15.35), the other seven big tents 15.80 (15.40) and Kufflers Weinzelt wheat beer 18.40 (17.80); the festival's beer price page carries the 2026 list.

The small tents are where the litre is lowest. The cheapest full size Maß on the whole grounds in 2026, 14.80 EUR, is poured in the Familienplatzl, the family tent on Straße 3 Ost, and in the Museumszelt on the Oide Wiesn; the cheapest of the big tents is the Augustiner-Festhalle at 14.90 EUR, the only big tent still serving from wooden barrels. Two businesses kept their 2025 figure unchanged for 2026: the Wirtshaus im Schichtl and the Volkssängerzelt Schützenlisl, both 14.90 EUR. The City of Munich sets all of this against a litre in a pub in town, 7.70 to 13.40 EUR in 2026.

A full litre is not goodwill either, it is a rule. Section 55 of the City of Munich's operating rules for 2026 makes the landlords responsible that their pourers give the guest the full measure, lets the district administration run pouring checks at any time, and states that "Berechtigten Nachschenkbegehren ist ohne Behinderung und abfällige Bemerkungen sofort nachzukommen" (a justified request for a top up is to be met at once, without obstruction or snide remarks). How a visitor uses that: look at the Eichstrich, the litre calibration line on the mug, and if the beer stands below it once the foam has settled, hand the Maß back and say "Bitte nachschenken". The Fischer-Vroni prints the same invitation on its 2026 menu, next to the line that its figures include a service charge of 12 percent and value added tax.

A litre of Radler and a litre of non-alcoholic beer cost what the Festbier of that tent costs: the Hofbräu-Festzelt's 2026 menu prints 15.80 EUR for the Festbier, the non-alcoholic beer and the Radler alike, the Bräurosl 15.90 EUR for all three, the Fischer-Vroni 15.75 EUR. Nobody sells a child, weekday or family day Maß.

A second series, kept by a German press service and read on 14 September 2026, gives the range rather than the average and reaches two years further back: 10.00 to 10.40 EUR in 2015, 10.40 to 10.70 EUR in 2016, 10.60 to 10.95 EUR in 2017, 10.70 to 11.50 EUR in 2018, 10.80 to 11.80 EUR in 2019, no festival in 2020 and 2021, 12.60 to 13.80 EUR in 2022, 12.60 to 14.90 EUR in 2023, 13.60 to 15.30 EUR in 2024, 14.50 to 15.80 EUR in 2025 and 14.80 to 15.90 EUR in 2026. The break a Munich local points to is the jump across the two cancelled years, roughly two euros a litre between 2019 and 2022.

The same figures as sentences: The Mass of Festbier, 2017 to 2026 (EUR per litre)

• 2017: average 10.87 EUR, range not published here; source: City of Munich open dataset (large tents).
• 2018: average 11.30 EUR, range not published here; source: City of Munich open dataset (large tents).
• 2019: average 11.71 EUR, range not published here; source: City of Munich open dataset (large tents).
• 2020: no row in the dataset; source: City of Munich open dataset.
• 2021: no row in the dataset; source: City of Munich open dataset.
• 2022: average 13.45 EUR, range 12.60 to 13.80 EUR; source: open dataset; range from the city table 2023.
• 2023: average 14.33 EUR (city table 14.18 EUR), range 12.60 to 14.90 EUR; source: open dataset; city table 2023.
• 2024: average 14.90 EUR (city table 14.73 EUR), range 13.60 to 15.30 EUR; source: open dataset; city table 2025.
• 2025: average 15.33 EUR (city table 15.25 EUR), range 14.50 to 15.80 EUR; source: open dataset; city table 2025; City of Munich press release of 2 June 2026.
• 2026: average 15.61 EUR (city table), range 14.80 to 15.90 EUR; source: city table 2026; City of Munich press release of 2 June 2026; oktoberfest.de beer price page.

How strong is Wiesn beer?

Wiesn beer has between 5.8 and 6.3 percent alcohol by the breweries' own product pages, 5.9 to 6.3 percent in the City of Munich's 2026 table, against 5.2 percent for Augustiner's everyday Helles; by its protected geographical indication an Oktoberfest beer must have at least 13.6 percent original wort and between 5.3 and 6.6 percent alcohol.

The six Munich breweries and their Wiesn beers, the brewery's own figure first and the City of Munich's 2026 table in brackets where it differs:

• Augustiner Oktoberfestbier: 6.3 percent, at least 13.5 percent original wort by the brewery (13.8 in the city table), the only brewery at the Oktoberfest still pouring exclusively from wooden barrels.
• Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier: 6.3 percent on the Hofbräuhaus page (city table 6.0).
• Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier: 6.1 percent, 13.7 percent original wort.
• Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier: 6.0 percent, 13.7 percent original wort, brewed for the Wiesn since 1818 (city table 5.9).
• Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen: 5.8 percent on the brewery's export page (city table 5.9).
• Spaten Oktoberfestbier: 5.9 percent, city table only.

One Mass is a litre; two Mass are the usual minimum consumption of a reserved table.

The 2026 figures were presented at the Bierprobe, the tasting the brewers hold before the festival, on 10 September 2026 in the Bennosaal of the Löwenbräukeller: Augustiner 6.3 percent alcohol and 13.8 percent original wort, Hacker-Pschorr 5.9 and 13.7 and again the darkest of the six, an amber gold, Hofbräu 6.0 and 13.7, Löwenbräu 6.1 and 13.7, Paulaner 5.9 and 13.6, Spaten 5.9 and 13.7. Against the 5.2 percent of an everyday Munich Helles that is about a fifth more alcohol in a litre, which is why the Munich press keeps repeating the plain version of it: the Festbier has about 6 percent and is stronger than the beer you drink the rest of the year.

What do other things cost on the grounds?

Entry to the grounds and the tents costs nothing; in 2026 a litre of table water averages 11.13 EUR and a litre of Spezi 12.84 EUR (City of Munich), half a Hendl costs 17.20 EUR in the Augustiner-Festhalle and up to 19.90 EUR in the Paulaner Festzelt and a big Brezn about 7 to 8 EUR (Munich press), the Oide Wiesn costs 4 EUR to enter with its rides at 1.50 EUR, and the Ferris wheel was 11 EUR for adults in 2025 (press).

Rides are paid one by one at each ride's cash desk. The city publishes drink prices only, and the tents publish their menus as images, so the food and ride lines below come from the Munich press and carry their year.

No 2026 figure exists yet for a ride, a show or a stall on the main Wiesn, and that is not an omission: each showman publishes his own at the booth on the opening Saturday. The Munich price list this page uses says so in its own words, "Bis wir die neuen Fahrpreise am ersten Samstag erfassen können, finden Sie hier zur Orientierung die Preise von 2025" (until we can record the new ride prices on the first Saturday, you will find the 2025 ones here for orientation), so every ride and stall figure below carries the year 2025 and was read on 14 September 2026. What the city does require: the figures a business reports to it are binding for the whole festival and the board has to be posted so that it is easy to see and easy to read, which is why the sign at the cash desk is the answer to every price question on the grounds.

The oldest Munich trick with a Hendl is to walk a few metres. A Munich newspaper bought the same half chicken three times on 24 September 2025: 13.50 EUR at the street window of the Heinz Wurst- und Hühnerbraterei, in a paper bag and standing up, 14.50 EUR at a table inside the same small tent, and 24.50 EUR in the Paulaner beer garden a few metres further on, "ein paar Meter weiter bei der Heinz Wurst- & Hühnerbraterei kostet das gleiche Gericht nur rund die Hälfte" (a few metres on at the Heinz stand the same dish costs only about half). Those are 2025 figures; the 2026 boards at the street windows are not published.

The same figures as sentences: Other prices on the grounds, 2026 unless stated

• Table water, per litre: 11.13 EUR average; source: City of Munich press release, 2 June 2026.
• Lemonade, per litre: 12.47 EUR average in the City of Munich table; 12.35 EUR on the festival's English beer price page; source: City of Munich, 2 June 2026; oktoberfest.de.
• Spezi, per litre: 12.84 EUR average; source: City of Munich, 2 June 2026.
• Non-alcoholic beer, per litre: 15.73 EUR average; source: City of Munich table 2026.
• Wheat beer, per litre: 17.12 EUR average; source: City of Munich table 2026.
• Half Hendl, big tents: 17.20 EUR (Augustiner-Festhalle) to 17.60 EUR (Hofbräu-Festzelt) per t-online; 16.90 to 19.90 EUR (Paulaner Festzelt 19.90 EUR) per Sonntagsblatt; source: t-online, 12 September 2026; Sonntagsblatt, 18 August 2026.
• Big Brezn: about 7 to 8 EUR; source: Sonntagsblatt, 18 August 2026.
• Pommes: 9.70 EUR (Löwenbräu-Festzelt); source: t-online, 12 September 2026.
• Kaiserschmarrn: 17.50 EUR (Hofbräu-Festzelt) to 27.50 EUR (Bräurosl); source: t-online, 12 September 2026.
• Oide Wiesn entry: 4 EUR from age 15; up to age 14 and after 21:00 no charge; source: oktoberfest.de.
• Oide Wiesn rides: 1.50 EUR; source: oktoberfest.de.
• Ferris wheel: 11 EUR adults, 4 EUR children (2025); source: Sonntagsblatt, 18 August 2026.
• Olympia Looping: 14 EUR in 2025, up 1.50 EUR from 12.50 EUR in 2024; source: wiesnkini.de ride price list, 2025; Sonntagsblatt, 18 August 2026.
• Smaller rides; large attractions: 4 to 6 EUR; from 10 EUR (as reported before the festival); source: Sonntagsblatt, 18 August 2026.
• Teufelsrad, to watch: 5 EUR adults, 1 EUR children (blog figure; the organiser says only that the admission is low); source: wiesnkini.de.
• Left luggage at entrances P1, P5, P8 and P10: 5 EUR; source: oktoberfest.de.
• Bavaria climb: 5 EUR, 4 EUR reduced, under 18 no charge; source: schloesser.bayern.de.
• Beer and Oktoberfest Museum: 4 EUR; source: bier-und-oktoberfestmuseum.de.
• Collector's mug 2026: 34.90 EUR, 54.90 EUR with a pewter lid; source: oktoberfest.de.

The same figures as sentences: Rides and shows, 2025 (the 2026 figures are published at the booth on 19 September 2026)

• Auf geht's beim Schichtl: 2025, adult 8.00 EUR; 2025, child under 12 no charge.
• Krinoline: 2025, adult 6.00 EUR; 2025, child 2.50 EUR.
• Toboggan: 2025, adult 6.00 EUR; 2025, child 4.00 EUR (under 1.40 m).
• Münchner Rutschn: 2025, adult 4.00 EUR; 2025, child 3.00 EUR.
• Alpina Bahn: 2025, adult 9.00 EUR; 2025, child 6.00 EUR (under 1.40 m).
• Sky Lift: 2025, adult 10.00 EUR; 2025, child 6.00 EUR.
• Rund um den Tegernsee: 2025, adult 5.00 EUR; 2025, child 4.00 EUR.
• Flohzirkus: 2025, adult 4.00 EUR; 2025, child 3.50 EUR.
• Hexenschaukel, Schaustellerstraße: 2025, adult 4.50 EUR; 2025, child 3.00 EUR.
• Wilde Maus: 2025, adult 8.00 EUR; 2025, child 6.00 EUR.
• Geisterbahn: 2025, adult 6.00 EUR; 2025, child 5.00 EUR.
• Geisterschloss: 2025, adult 8.00 EUR; 2025, child 6.00 EUR.
• Geisterpalast: 2025, adult 10.00 EUR; 2025, child 7.00 EUR.
• Musikexpress: 2025, adult 5.00 EUR; 2025, child 4.00 EUR.
• Jules Verne Tower: 2025, adult 9.00 EUR; 2025, child 7.00 EUR.
• Skyfall: 2025, adult 9.00 EUR; 2025, child 7.00 EUR.
• Hangover The Tower: 2025, adult 9.00 EUR; 2025, child 7.00 EUR.
• Bayerntower: 2025, adult 10.00 EUR; 2025, child 8.00 EUR.
• Jim und Jaspers Wildwasser: 2025, adult 9.00 EUR; 2025, child 6.00 EUR.
• Heidi The Coaster: 2025, adult 8.00 EUR; 2025, child 6.00 EUR.
• Pitts Todeswand: 2025, adult 7.00 EUR; 2025, child 5.00 EUR.
• Irrgarten: 2025, adult 6.00 EUR; 2025, child 5.00 EUR.
• Laser Pix: 2025, adult 8.00 EUR; 2025, child 6.00 EUR.
• Riesenrad 1925, the historic wheel: 2025, adult 4.00 EUR; 2025, child 3.00 EUR.
• Break Dancer: 2025, adult 6.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Top Spin No. 1: 2025, adult 7.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Höhenrausch XXL: 2025, adult 8.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Konga: 2025, adult 9.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• XXL-Racer: 2025, adult 10.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Predator: 2025, adult 8.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Rotor: 2025, adult 7.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Flip Fly: 2025, adult 7.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Voodoo-Jumper: 2025, adult 7.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Kick Down: 2025, adult 6.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Techno Power: 2025, adult 6.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Montgolfiere: 2025, adult 3.50 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Pirateninsel: 2025, adult 4.50 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Hupferl: 2025, adult 5.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Happy Sailor: 2025, adult 5.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Dr. Archibald, the virtual reality ride: 2025, adult 12.00 EUR; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Autoscooter: 2025, adult 4.00 EUR a ride; 2025, child no separate figure.
• Hau den Lukas: 2025, adult 3.00 EUR a go; 2025, child no separate figure.

The same figures as sentences: What a plate costs inside a tent, 2026

• Schweinshaxe, roast pork knuckle: 29.20 EUR (Löwenbräu-Festzelt); source: t-online, 12 September 2026.
• Käsespätzle: 19.50 EUR (Kufflers Weinzelt), 19.90 EUR (Hofbräu-Festzelt), 20.50 EUR (Löwenbräu-Festzelt), 20.90 EUR (Bräurosl), 22.50 EUR (Hacker-Festzelt); source: t-online, 12 September 2026.
• Obatzda: 19.50 EUR in the Hacker-Festzelt, against 18.40 EUR in 2025; source: t-online, 12 September 2026.
• Steckerlfisch, grilled on a stick and sold by weight: 5.40 EUR per 100 g for mackerel and 7.50 EUR per 100 g for organic char at the Fischer-Vroni, so roughly 22 to 27 EUR for a whole mackerel of 400 to 500 g; source: Fischer-Vroni menu 2026.
• Dish of the day at the Fischer-Vroni, 11:00 to 14:00 Monday to Friday: 19.50 EUR; source: Fischer-Vroni menu 2026.
• Two pairs of grilled pork sausages on sauerkraut: 13.50 EUR in the Augustiner-Festhalle, the lowest sausage plate of the big tents; source: Augustiner-Festhalle menu 2026.
• A pair of Wiener, and a Weißwurst until 12:00: 6.00 EUR and 3.00 EUR each at the Fischer-Vroni; source: Fischer-Vroni menu 2026.
• Brezn in a tent: 7.10 EUR at the Fischer-Vroni; source: Fischer-Vroni menu 2026.
• Children's plate: 7.50 EUR in the Augustiner-Festhalle until 18:00, spaghetti with tomato sauce, a small juice drink and a surprise bag; 9.90 EUR at the Fischer-Vroni for children up to 12, daily until 15:00, with a small drink; source: tent menus 2026.
• Ox from the spit at the Ochsenbraterei: roast ox with potato salad 26.80 EUR, boiled brisket 24.80 EUR, ox burger 24.80 EUR, sirloin 34.60 EUR, fillet 49.80 EUR (the tent still shows its 2025 menu); source: Ochsenbraterei menu 2025.

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