The official beer price at Oktoberfest 2019 in Munich

Cost of a liter of Wiesn beer at the Oktoberfest

How much does a liter of beer cost at Oktoberfest? There are few questions which cause such suspense. Good to know: The prices are not determined by the Munich city authorities but by the proprietors. The city however, as the organizer of Oktoberfest, checks the stated prices for their appropriateness. In addition, a comparison to the prices in the main bars and restaurants in the city is made.

The official beer price 2019 at Oktoberfest

The beer price at the Oktoberfest 2019 was between 10.80 and 11.80 Euro and is thus on average 3.11 % higher than in the previous year.

The beer prices of the big tents in detail:

Armbrustschützen-Festzelt: 11,70 Euro (previous year: 11,40 Euro)
Augustiner-Festhalle: 11,40 Euro (previous year: 11,10 Euro)
Bräurosl: 11,80 Euro (previous year: 11,40 Euro)
Fischer-Vroni: 11,70 Euro (previous year: 11,35 Euro)
Hacker-Festzelt: 11,80 Euro (previous year: 11,40 Euro)
Hofbräuhaus-Festzelt: 11,70 Euro (previous year: 11,40 Euro)
Käfer Wiesn-Schänke: 11,80 Euro (previous year: 11,50 Euro)
Löwenbräu-Festzelt: 11,80 Euro (previous year: 11,50 Euro)
Marstall: 11,80 Euro (previous year: 11,50 Euro)
Ochsenbraterei: 11,50 Euro (previous year: 11,20 Euro)
Paulaner-Festzelt: 11,80 Euro (previous year: 11,50 Euro)
Schottenhamel-Festhalle: 11,75 Euro (previous year: 11,45 Euro)
Schützen-Festzelt: 11,80 Euro (previous year: 11,40 Euro)
Weinzelt (Weißbier): 15,90 Euro (previous year: 15,90 Euro)

The list with the beverage prices of the individual tents as PDF

Price for one liter of beer at the Oktoberfest since 1971 in DM and Euro (from 2002):

The beer price in old times

1871: 12 Kreuzer
1890: 24 Kreuzer
1898: 26 Kreuzer
1900: 35 Kreuzer
1906: 37 Kreuzer (First beer price increase since the turn of the century)
1910: 38 Kreuzer
1920: 2,50 Reichsmark
1922: 50 Reichsmark
1925: 1 Mark
1931: 1,10 Mark
1933: 90 Pfennig
1949: 1,70 DM
1959: 1,90 DM
1963: 2,20 DM
1968: 2,40 DM
1970: 2,65 DM

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Important: Non-updated information on this page refers to Oktoberfest 2019. There was no Oktoberfest in 2020, neither was in 2021 due to the Corona pandemic.