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How much does a trip to Berlin cost?

What a trip to Berlin costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Berlin come to €72.00 – €95.00 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

€1,000 – €1,300

≈ $1,200 – $1,500 · rate of October 6, 2026

€74.00 – €96.00 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
€1,000 – €1,300
Most trips land in here
Set aside
€1,300
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
€120
10% of the trip
  • Food€430 – €650
  • Getting around€160 – €340
  • Airport, both ways€20.00
  • Sights and activities€200 – €340
  • Nights out€42.00 – €82.00
  • Lodging tax and odds and ends€39.00 – €66.00

Of that, in cash: €230 – €480

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Berlin costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

€54.00 – €68.00 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
€30.00 – €33.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€11.00 – €24.00
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
€7.00 – €12.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€2.40 – €3.40

Mid-range

€72.00 – €95.00 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
€31.00 – €47.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€11.00 – €24.00
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
€14.00 – €24.00
Nights outNow and then
€3.00 – €5.80
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€2.80 – €4.70

Comfort

€110 – €140 per person per day

The best food level we can price, a taxi when it helps, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
€44.00 – €69.00
Getting aroundPublic transport, and a taxi now and then
€15.00 – €28.00
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
€28.00 – €48.00
Nights outNow and then
€3.00 – €5.80
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€4.40 – €7.20

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Berlin

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3€170 – €210
€57.00 – €71.00 a day
€230 – €300
€76.00 – €99.00 a day
€340 – €440
€110 – €150 a day
5€280 – €350
€56.00 – €70.00 a day
€360 – €480
€73.00 – €96.00 a day
€550 – €720
€110 – €140 a day
7€390 – €490
€55.00 – €70.00 a day
€520 – €670
€74.00 – €96.00 a day
€770 – €1,000
€110 – €140 a day
10€550 – €690
€55.00 – €69.00 a day
€730 – €960
€73.00 – €96.00 a day
€1,100 – €1,400
€110 – €140 a day
14€770 – €960
€55.00 – €69.00 a day
€1,000 – €1,300
€73.00 – €96.00 a day
€1,500 – €2,000
€110 – €140 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Berlin

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Pretzel, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€2.90From the source Oct 2026
Pretzel, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€3.50From the source Oct 2026
Cappuccino, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€3.40From the source Oct 2026
Cappuccino, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€5.00From the source Oct 2026
Table water, still or sparkling, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€4.00From the source Oct 2026
Bavarian potato soup with pretzel croutons, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€6.50From the source Oct 2026
Berlin potato soup with a Wiener sausage, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€8.50From the source Oct 2026
Beef goulash soup, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€6.90From the source Oct 2026
Two Weisswurst (white sausages) with a pretzel and sweet mustard, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€8.90From the source Oct 2026
Two Weisswurst (white sausages) with sweet mustard, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€10.50From the source Oct 2026
Currywurst with fries, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€14.50From the source Oct 2026
Currywurst with fries, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€14.90From the source Oct 2026
Leberkäse (meat loaf) with potato salad, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€13.90From the source Oct 2026
Cheese spätzle with fried onions, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€15.90From the source Oct 2026
Cheese spätzle with fried onions, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€18.50From the source Oct 2026
Roast pork with crackling, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€15.90From the source Oct 2026
Roast pork with two dumplings and coleslaw, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€16.90From the source Oct 2026
Pork schnitzel, Viennese style with potato salad, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€19.90From the source Oct 2026
Large pork schnitzel, Viennese style, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€22.50From the source Oct 2026
Augustiner Hell draught, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt€5.20From the source Oct 2026
Hofbräu Original draught, 0.5 l, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin€6.80From the source Oct 2026
Getting around
BVG short trip ticket (3 U-Bahn or S-Bahn stops, or 6 by tram or bus)€2.80From the source Oct 2026
BVG single ticket, zones AB (120 minutes, transfers allowed)€4.00From the source Oct 2026
BVG 24-hour ticket, zones AB€11.20From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, base fare€4.30From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, per kilometre up to 3 km€2.80From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, per kilometre from 3 to 7 km€2.60From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, 4 km, not counting waiting time€15.30From the source Oct 2026
BER airport to the centre: single ticket, zones ABC (FEX or S-Bahn)€5.00From the source Oct 2026
Sights
Neues Museum€14.00From the source Oct 2026
Museum Island ticket (all its museums, one day)€24.00From the source Oct 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters
From Bavarian potato soup with pretzel croutons, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Two Weisswurst (white sausages) with a pretzel and sweet mustard, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin (€15.40) to Pretzel, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Beef goulash soup, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Currywurst with fries, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt (€24.30).
Local and cheap
From Cappuccino, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Bavarian potato soup with pretzel croutons, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Currywurst with fries, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Augustiner Hell draught, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt (€29.60) to Cappuccino, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Berlin potato soup with a Wiener sausage, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Leberkäse (meat loaf) with potato salad, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Hofbräu Original draught, 0.5 l, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin (€32.60).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Cappuccino, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Bavarian potato soup with pretzel croutons, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Roast pork with crackling, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Augustiner Hell draught, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt (€31.00) to Cappuccino, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Currywurst with fries, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Pork schnitzel, Viennese style with potato salad, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Hofbräu Original draught, 0.5 l, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin (€46.60).
Restaurants most of the time
From Cappuccino, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Cheese spätzle with fried onions, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin + Roast pork with crackling, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Augustiner Hell draught, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Table water, still or sparkling, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt (€44.40) to Cappuccino, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt × 2 + Cheese spätzle with fried onions, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Large pork schnitzel, Viennese style, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt + Hofbräu Original draught, 0.5 l, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin × 2 + Table water, still or sparkling, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt (€68.60).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • 1-day pass at €11.20: it pays off from 4 rides a day at €2.80 each.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

    • 7.5% of the room price before VAT

Which area to stay in Berlin: the neighbourhood comparison

Saving

What saves money in Berlin, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: €13.00 – €22.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: €1.40 – €14.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters” instead of “Local and cheap”: €8.30 – €14.00 less per person per day.
  • “Augustiner Hell draught, 0.5 l, Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt” (€5.20) instead of “Hofbräu Original draught, 0.5 l, Hofbräu Wirtshaus Berlin” (€6.80): €1.60 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (€11.20) on fewer than 4 rides of €2.80 a day: it costs more than paying for each ticket.
Questions

Questions about money in Berlin

How much money do you need for a week in Berlin?

For seven days, €520 – €670 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Berlin?

For 3 days, €230 – €300 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Berlin?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: €54.00 – €68.00 on the “Budget” style, €72.00 – €95.00 on the “Mid-range” style, and €110 – €140 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Berlin on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: €54.00 – €68.00 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Berlin?

From €15.00 per person per day (“Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters”) to €69.00 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Berlin?

A ride on public transport costs €2.80 – €4.00. “Taxi, 4 km, not counting waiting time”: €15.30. The 1-day pass costs €11.20 and pays off from 4 rides a day at €2.80 each.

Is there a lodging tax in Berlin?

Yes: 7.5% of the room price before VAT.

How much cash should you carry in Berlin?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about €110 – €240 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Berlin?

By card: in general. Card or cash, depending on the place: restaurants in cities; small shops.

Do you tip in Berlin?

Restaurants: customary. Bars and cafés: customary. Hotels: customary. Taxis: optional.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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