Public Transport in Munich: MVV Zones, Streifenkarte, and IsarCard

Munich Zone M fares, how the Streifenkarte saves on singles, short-trip rules, and when a transferable IsarCard beats the Deutschlandticket.

Updated on 3 August 2026

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You stamp the wrong number of stripes, or you buy full singles in Zone M when a Streifenkarte would have cut each ride by almost a euro. Munich still rewards people who learn the stripe maths. For nationwide rules and the Deutschlandticket, see Public Transport in Germany.

Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (MVV) uses a radial zone map. The urban core is Zone M, with numbered zones out to Zone 11 in the far suburbs. Most inner-city trips stay in Zone M.

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