🇩🇪Cost of Travel in Germany (2026): Daily Budgets for 3 Cities
Three cities that barely resemble each other: scruffy, all-night Berlin, beer-garden Munich and rain-washed, maritime Hamburg. Fast trains link all three, and the €63 Deutschlandticket covers every local train in the country.
Daily budgets in Germany
The cheapest city in Germany is Berlin, at $130–210 a day mid-range per person; the priciest is Munich, at $150–240 — about 15% more for the same style of trip.
| City | Budget / day | Mid-range / day | Comfort / day | Cheap meal | Mid-range hotel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | $80–130 | $130–210 | $230–380 | $7–10 | $125–205 |
| Hamburg | $85–130 | $140–220 | $250–400 | $5–10 | $135–215 |
| Munich | $90–140 | $150–240 | $270–430 | $10–16 | $150–250 |
Per person in US dollars, flights not included. Mid-range is each guide's researched figure and includes a mid-range room; budget and comfort scale it by 0.6 and 1.8, so treat those as rough. How we work these out.
Plan a trip across Germany
Set the nights you'd spend in each city. Per person, before flights; each night counts one day of that city's daily budget.
Cities
🇩🇪Berlin
GermanyA city that kept its scars on purpose — the Wall, the bullet-pocked facades, the memorials in the middle of everything — and then built the most relaxed capital in Europe around them. Cheap by Western standards, open all night, and not at all interested in impressing you.
🇩🇪Hamburg
GermanyGermany's port city — red-brick warehouses on canals, container ships sliding past the fish market, a concert hall shaped like a wave, and the Reeperbahn for when the sun goes down. Wetter and grander than you expect, and more fun than its reputation for reserve suggests.
🇩🇪Munich
GermanyGermany's richest big city and its most Bavarian — beer gardens under chestnut trees, a gold-and-baroque old town, the Alps on the horizon on a clear day, and the most expensive hotel rooms in the country.
Head to head
Two cities side by side — costs, best months and what you'd do in each.