Region · Germany
Where to stay in Bavaria
This guide covers 26 destinations in Bavaria, a first-level administrative division of Germany, with 513 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Munich, München and Nuremberg. Across its destinations, September is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Munich Airport (MUC).
- Destinations in this guide
- 26
- Places to stay
- 513
- Comfortable in the most places
- September
- Main airport
- MUCMunich Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
Destinations
Destinations in Bavaria
Every destination in this guide in Bavaria, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| München | 1,185,421 | 96 | MUC · 29 km |
| Munich | 1,505,036 | 70 | MUC · 29 km |
| Nuremberg | 531,159 | 57 | NUE · 5 km |
| Regensburg | 151,517 | 29 | MUC · 77 km |
| Augsburg | 301,786 | 23 | FMM · 65 km |
| Schweinfurt | 54,539 | 23 | NUE · 86 km |
| Freising | 30,422 | 19 | MUC · 6 km |
| Würzburg | 133,753 | 18 | NUE · 89 km |
| Ingolstadt | 140,799 | 17 | MUC · 53 km |
| Aschaffenburg | 73,326 | 16 | FRA · 43 km |
| Haar | 22,934 | 16 | MUC · 27 km |
| Bodenmais | 3,646 | 14 | JCL · 98 km |
| Bayreuth | 72,919 | 12 | NUE · 62 km |
| Fürth | 131,344 | 11 | NUE · 7 km |
| Erlangen | 116,450 | 11 | NUE · 12 km |
| Bamberg | 77,218 | 11 | NUE · 46 km |
| Rosenheim | 65,808 | 11 | MUC · 61 km |
| Dachau | 47,461 | 11 | MUC · 28 km |
| Passau | 53,523 | 9 | LNZ · 66 km |
| Aschheim | 8,998 | 8 | MUC · 21 km |
| Neu-Ulm | 62,843 | 7 | FMM · 47 km |
| Kempten | 67,916 | 6 | FMM · 29 km |
| Erding | 37,341 | 6 | MUC · 11 km |
| Memmingen | 6 | FMM · 4 km | |
| Forchheim | 33,359 | 4 | NUE · 25 km |
| Landshut | 71,922 | 2 | MUC · 34 km |
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Bavaria
15 places to stay in Bavaria with a published guest score, ordered by that score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Each links to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Bavaria
448 hotels in Bavaria recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Bavaria
From the climate of 26 destinations in Bavaria with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 26 | 3 °C | 49 mm |
| February | 0 of 26 | 5 °C | 41 mm |
| March | 0 of 26 | 10 °C | 51 mm |
| April | 0 of 26 | 15 °C | 48 mm |
| May | 11 of 26 | 19 °C | 86 mm |
| June | 10 of 26 | 22 °C | 99 mm |
| July | 1 of 26 | 25 °C | 107 mm |
| August | 10 of 26 | 24 °C | 96 mm |
| September | 22 of 26 | 19 °C | 68 mm |
| October | 0 of 26 | 14 °C | 59 mm |
| November | 0 of 26 | 7 °C | 51 mm |
| December | 0 of 26 | 3 °C | 55 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Bavaria
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Bavaria name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
MUC · Munich Airport
NUE · Nuremberg Airport
FMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport
FRA · Frankfurt Main Airport
LNZ · Linz-Hörsching Airport
JCL · České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport
SZG · Salzburg Airport
INN · Innsbruck Airport
KLV · Karlovy Vary Airport
ERF · Erfurt-Weimar Airport
FDH · Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen
ACH · Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport
MHG · Mannheim-City Airport
STR · Stuttgart Airport
HHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Bavaria, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
Nationwide in Germany
Regional holidays observed in Bavaria
Nearby
Regions near Bavaria
Other regions of Germany with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.