Currency in Munich and Germany

Find all the information you need about currency and money in Munich and Germany. Learn where to find and how to use ATM's in Munich, credit card acceptance and more.

Since the year 2002 the Euro (€ or EUR) is the national currency in Germany and therefore also in Munich and Bavaria. The Euro was one of the biggest financial projects in Europe’s modern history. With the end of the year 2001 all national currencies in participating stateswere abandoned, but not in all EU-member-states. As a tourist coming to Germany from a non-€-country, you will soon get used to the use of Euros, but there are some things you should know as a traveller.

The participating EURO-countries

In 2002 many European countries abandoned their national currency and changed to the Euro. A few countries refused. When you’re coming to Munich, you might want to make daytrips to the neighbouring countries like Austria, Switzerland, Italy or the Czech Republic. Some of you are maybe also on a roundtrip through Europe.

Don't get confused by different coin-designs

In 2002