Munich in September

When to go

Oktoberfest takes over the second half of the month: Munich's city portal lists it on the Theresienwiese from a Saturday in mid-September into early October, and the city's tourism site lists the costume parade on its first Sunday. Bavaria's school summer holidays run into the middle of the month, according to the education ministers' conference. The WMO climate table lists mild days and cool nights for September, so pack a warm layer for evenings outdoors.

Trip facts

• The World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Information Service lists a mean daily maximum temperature of 18.8 °C (65.8 °F) and a mean daily minimum of 8.9 °C (48 °F) for Munich in September, based on 1971–2000 monthly averages from the Deutscher Wetterdienst. (worldweather.wmo.int, checked 2026-10-16)
• The World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Information Service lists mean total rainfall for Munich in September as 86.3 mm and the mean number of rain days as 9.6, where a rain day has at least 1 mm of rainfall (1971–2000 averages from the Deutscher Wetterdienst). (worldweather.wmo.int, checked 2026-10-16)
• Munich's city portal muenchen.de, a service of the City of Munich and Stadtwerke München, lists Oktoberfest 2027 from Saturday, 18 September, to Sunday, 3 October 2027, on the Theresienwiese. (www.muenchen.de, checked 2026-10-16)
• Munich's city portal muenchen.de says the Oktoberfest grounds and beer tents are free to enter while admission is charged for the Oide Wiesn, that it is best to arrive by U-Bahn, S-Bahn or on foot, and that there is no visitor parking directly at the Theresienwiese. (www.muenchen.de, checked 2026-10-16)
• The City of Munich's official tourism site says the traditional costume parade always takes place on the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest, with around 9000 participants, and lists the traditional costume and hunter's parade for September 19, 2027, through Munich city centre to the Theresienwiese. (www.munich.travel, checked 2026-10-16)
• The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) lists Bavaria's school summer holidays for the 2026/2027 school year as 2 August to 13 September 2027. (www.kmk.org, checked 2026-10-16)
• The EU's official travel site says in its Entry/Exit System FAQ that the progressive implementation lasted until 9 April 2026 and that from 10 April 2026 the EES is fully operational at all external border crossing points of the European countries using the system. (travel-europe.europa.eu, checked 2026-10-16)
• The EU's official ETIAS website says ETIAS is currently not in operation and no applications for travel authorisations are collected at this point, and that the European Union will inform about the specific date for the start of ETIAS several months prior to its launch. (travel-europe.europa.eu, checked 2026-10-16)
• Munich Airport says the S1 and S8 S-Bahn lines connect the airport to the city center, that because they run alternately there is a 10-minute interval, and that the trip to the main railway station takes approx. 40 minutes; it adds that travel times may change at short notice due to construction work or disruptions. (www.munich-airport.de, checked 2026-10-16)
• The Munich Transport and Tariff Association (MVV) says its Airport-City-Day-Ticket covers travel to and from the airport and within the Munich city area (zone M–5) on all MVV services, including S-Bahn, U-Bahn, bus, tram and regional trains, and is valid until 6 am the following day. (www.mvv-muenchen.de, checked 2026-10-16)