From 1 January 2027 the Deutschlandticket will cost €66.80 a month, €3.80 more than today. On the same date, Munich’s MVV network raises prices for strip tickets, weekly and monthly passes. If you ride in Munich, it is worth checking now which ticket still pays off in 2027.
Over a year, the Deutschlandticket works out at about €802 instead of €756. Bavaria’s transport ministry announced the price on 30 September. For the first time it comes from a cost index covering staff, energy and general costs, which the Conference of Transport Ministers adopted unanimously in March in Lindau. According to the ministry, the job-ticket version costs €63.46 in 2027 and the student semester ticket €40.08.
What changes on the MVV network
MVV is raising fares by 4.9 per cent on average, and weekly and monthly passes by 4.8 per cent. Examples from the price list:
- Monthly pass, Zone M / 2 zones: €74.80 instead of €71.40
- Weekly pass, M / 2 zones: €25.80 instead of €23.80
- Strip ticket (Streifenkarte), paper: €21.00 instead of €18.70; €19.50 if bought digitally
- Strip ticket for under-21s: €10.80 on paper, still €10.20 digitally
- Single ticket for a child: €2.10 instead of €2.00
- Child day ticket (€3.80) and short-distance ticket (€2.10): unchanged
- 365-Euro-Ticket for school pupils and trainees: unchanged
Single tickets in the inner zones up to M-6 also stay the same. There is a new digital discount, so strip tickets bought in the app cost less than at the machine, and a price cap: trips beyond zones M–12 cost no more than M–12. Kaufbeuren and the Ostallgäu district join MVV in January.
Holders of the social ticket get one improvement: the blocking period on the Monatskarte S is dropped. MVV names no price change for it.
Deadlines that matter
Zone and short-distance tickets at the current price level stay valid until 31 March 2027. Tickets printed with a euro amount can be exchanged at any time for the difference or refunded for a €3 fee. Weekly and monthly passes run until the end of their validity, and subscriptions paid monthly switch to the new prices on 1 January.
Our assessment: for commuters the comparison still favours the Deutschlandticket if you cross several zones daily. If you travel once or twice a week, digital strip tickets or short-distance fares are often cheaper. Whether the price rises again in 2028 is open, but because the index is meant to be applied every year, another increase on 1 January 2028 looks likely if wages and energy keep getting dearer. That is a forecast, not a decision.
The price history shows the direction: €49 at launch in 2023, €58 in 2025, €63 in 2026, now €66.80. Ramona Pop of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) warned: “If the ticket now becomes regularly more expensive, there is a risk that this success will gradually be eroded.” The transport association VDV, through Ingo Wortmann, spoke of “more transparency and predictability”. The full MVV price list is at mvv-muenchen.de/preise27.
Sources: MVV, Bavarian Ministry of Housing, Building and Transport, WEB.DE
