Now it's all over: Oktoberfest 2025 in figures

The Falstaff Travel Editors, 07.10.2025

At the end of the Munich Oktoberfest, the city looks back on 16 days of exuberant celebrations. The Oktoberfest hosts are satisfied. Only the way in which the enormous influx of visitors was dealt with was the subject of criticism.

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At the end of the 190th Oktoberfest in Munich, the city drew an overall positive balance. Around 6.5 million people visited the "Wiesn" this year - slightly fewer than in 2024, when 6.7 million guests were counted. Oktoberfest boss Christian Scharpf (SPD) spoke of a "rollercoaster Wiesn" at the annual press conference; Oktoberfest started with a record temperature of 30.7 degrees. On the second "Wiesn" Saturday, the grounds had to be temporarily closed for the first time due to overcrowding - and on October 1, a bomb threat led to a further closure until the evening. A year that will go down in history.

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