There are 10 ways to get from Mainz to Munich by train, night train, rideshare, plane, or car
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Train
best- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 33 / ...
3h 35m€29–160Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Mainz to Munich407.5 km
4h 30m€16–27Night train
- Take the nighttrain from Mainz Hbf to Muenchen Hbfnighttrain Nj
7h 4m€30–100Fly Frankfurt to Munich International Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane FRA - MUC
2h 59m€79–260Train via Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
4h 16m€44–167Train via Frankfurt #2
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Ostbahnhoftrain Drf
7h 43m€34–117Drive 405.6 km
- Drive from Mainz to Munichcar 405.6 km
3h 45m€60–86Fly Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane FRA - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
4h 39m€139–386Fly Frankfurt to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane FRA - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
3h 54m€128–291Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Munich International Airport
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane STR - MUC
4h 44m€129–220
Mainz to Munich by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Mainz to Munich is to rideshare which costs €16 - €27 and takes 4h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Mainz to Munich is to fly which takes 2h 59m and costs €75 - €260.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at München Hbf. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 3h 35m.
The distance between Mainz and Munich is 412 km. The road distance is 405.6 km.
The best way to get from Mainz to Munich without a car is to train which takes 3h 35m and costs €29 - €160.
The train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf takes 3h 35m including transfers and departs once daily.
Mainz to Munich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Mainz to Munich is to train which takes 3h 35m and costs €29 - €160. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €75 - €260 and takes 2h 59m.
Mainz to Munich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mainz to Munich is 406 km. It takes approximately 3h 45m to drive from Mainz to Munich.
What companies run services between Mainz, Germany and Munich, Germany?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf once daily. Tickets cost €70–160 and the journey takes 3h 35m. Three other operators also service this route. Alternatively, Condor Flugdienst and Lufthansa fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Munich International Airport (MUC) hourly.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–160
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–98
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €96–98
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–70
- Seating Carriage
- €29–35
Night train from Mainz Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–99
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €96–99
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
Train from Frankfurt to Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–98
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €96–98
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–70
- Seating Carriage
- €30–35
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Mainz Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar
Rideshare from Mainz to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Schedules at
- BlaBlaCar
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