Facts and figures about the Oktoberfest in Munich

Oktoberfest in figures: Visitors, records, extremes

Oktoberfest is an event with impressive numbers: With millions of visitors, thousands of employees and eternal records. We have compiled the most important facts and figures about the Oktoberfest for you here.

Aussicht auf die Theresienwiese während dem Oktoberfest
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The Oktoberfest 2024: Balance sheet

  • Visitors: 6.7 million
  • Beer served: 7 million liters
  • Electricity consumption (operation): 2.8 million kilowatt hours
  • Natural gas consumption: 165,000 cubic meters
  • Water consumption: 82,653 cubic meters
  • Garbage: 802 tons
  • Lost property: 3,500
Ausblick über die Wiesn
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Oktoberfest 2024 in numbers

Applicants 2024:

  • total: 927
  • admitted: 470
  • Sale of goods: 194
  • Displays: 123
  • Catering establishments: 153
  • Largest festival hall (incl. garden): Hofbräu (9,991 seats)
  • Smallest catering business: Schiebl's Kaffeehaferl (60 seats) 

Beer price 2024

2024: 13,60 - 15,30 € (2023: 12,60 - 14,90 €)

More about the beer price at the Oktoberfest

 

The festival grounds

  • Theresienwiese: 42 hectares
  • Oktoberfest area with 34.5 hectares, including Oider Wiesn ("Old Oktoberfest") with 3.5 hectares

Oktoberfest records

  • Most visitors: 7.2 million (2023)
  • Highest beer consumption: 79,225 hectoliters (2011)
  • Largest festival tent: Bräurosl with 12,000 seats in 1913; today Hofbräu festival tent with just under 10,000 seats