Opening hours & tickets
The garden is open daily, except on December 24 and 31.
Please note our visitor rules and the information on Photo and filming permissions. Thank you very much!
Summertime
30/03/2025 – 26/10/2025
greenhouses: 9 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.
Last admission at 5 p.m.
Outdoor area: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Last admission at 5.30 p.m.
South Entrance: turnstile/swing gate
closes at 5.45 p.m.
Wintertime
27/10/2025 – 29/03/2026
greenhouses: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Last admission at 3.30 p.m.
Outdoor area: 9 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Last admission at 4 p.m.
South Entrance: gate is open
closes at 4.15 p.m.
Admission to the outdoor area is free in winter.
Greenhouses with day ticket. The café is open.
Entrances & Tickets
Main Entrance | Menzinger Straße 65
- All tickets, annual passes and vouchers
- guest information, garden Flyer & Shop
- Toilets, lockers, 2 wheelchairs for hire
South Entrance | passage to the Nymphenburg Palace Park | Maria-Ward-Straße
- turnstile and swing gate with ticket machine: only regular day passes | annual passes available
- Creditcard and giropay only, no cash.
- In wintertime the South Entrance is open until 4.15 p.m. You don’t need a ticket for the outdoor area. Day passes for the greenhouses are available at the main entrance.
► buy tickets: Online Ticket Shop
- Regular tickets only | no discounted tickets | Creditcard only
Prices | annual pass
regular 48 € | discount 32 €
more information about the annual pass
- The annual pass is available from the main ticket office. It is valid for 365 days from the date of purchase.
- With your annual pass, you can enter via the south entrance. To do so, hold the barcode up to the scanner at the gate.
Would you like to give the annual pass as a gift voucher?
- Simply tell us the name of the person you would like to give an annual pass to. We can personalise it.
- Order per e-mail: bgm@snsb.de
- Please note the lead time of approx. one week. We will send you the invoice and voucher by post. (2 € shipping costs).
Prices | day pass
| ◆ regular 5,50 € | discount 4,00 € under 18 years | pupils over 18 years: free admission children under 12 years: only when accompanied by an adult ◆ during special exhibitions: regular 6,50 € | discount 4,50 € under 18 years| pupils over 18 years: discounted under 12 years: free admission ◆ special exhibitions 2025 17.05. – 18.05. Special culture weekend “Blütenlust” 24.05. – 25.05. Iris – flowers of the rainbow 23.08. – 24.08. Florist show 12.09. – 14.09. mushrooms 27.09. – 05.10. Thanksgiving 13.12.2025 – 08.03.2026 Tropical Butterflys |
Discounts
Please bring proof of eligibility for a discount and present it at the cash desk
- Munich Pass holders
- Students, as long as the admission is not free (students of biology, earth and environmental sciences, chemistry and physics at universities and other institutions of higher education) as well as course participants of the Goethe-Institut upon presentation of appropriate identification (e.g. German or international student ID card)
- Senior citizens after the age of 65
- People with disabilities (handicapped ID)
- Members of the Association Biology, Biosciences and Biomedicine in Germany – VBIO
- Volunteers:
- Volunteers of the Voluntary Social Year as well as participants of the Voluntary Ecological Year
- Volunteers performing military service and volunteers under the Federal Volunteer Service Act (Bundesfreiwilligendienstgesetz)
- District and city curators (against ID card)
Group discount
- Groups of 15 people or more receive a group discount of 4 € per person.
- For special exhibitions, group admission price is 4.50 € per person.
Free admission for children and teenagers under 18 years
- Children (under 12) do not need a ticket, as they are only allowed to visit the garden when accompanied by a paying adult.
- Adolescents (under 18 years) also do not pay admission. For special exhibitions and special events, the reduced admission price must be paid.
Free admission for school classes and daycare groups
- School classes as well as daycare groups have free admission including accompanying persons.
Photo: View of the Botanical Institute in the Botanical Garden. © Ben Sagmeister