The City of Munich in Germany (in German it’s München)

§ Munich: brief information about the city

The City of Munich, in German München, with a population size of about 1'513'000 people is one of the few million-plus cities in Germany, covering an area of 311 km², the city is located in the western part of Germany in the federated state of Bavaria , the city of Munich is the capital of the said federated state. The population density of the city is 4'868 people per 1 km². Munich is a metropolitan area with a population size exceeding 2.2 million people. The city is part of the metropolitan region: Munich metropolitan region, with a population size of 6.1 million people. Read more at all metropolitan areas and metropolitan cities of Germany.

§ Munich population, population density

The table below contains the population statistics for the City of Munich versus the mean value per 1 city in Germany. This gives an idea of the city size and its population. Population data is sourced from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.

The population of the city of Munich in 2023.

§ München local time

The City of München, like all other cities in Germany, has a single time zone, so the exact local time in the City of München is the same as in all the cities of Germany:

Postal code(s) of the City of Munich

The major postal code in the City of München is 80331 (it consists of 5 digits, like all postal codes in Germany).

However, the following postal codes also apply to the city, depending on the city part: 80333, 80335, 80336, 80337, 80339, 80469, 80538, 80539, 80634, 80636, 80637, 80638, 80639, 80686, 80687, 80689, 80796, 80797, 80798, 80799, 80801, 80802, 80803, 80804, 80805, 80807, 80809, 80933, 80935, 80937, 80939, 80992, 80993, 80995, 80997, 80999, 81241, 81243, 81245, 81247, 81249, 81369, 81371, 81373, 81375, 81377, 81379, 81475, 81476, 81477, 81479, 81539, 81541, 81543, 81545, 81547, 81549, 81667, 81669, 81671, 81673, 81675, 81677, 81679, 81735, 81737, 81739, 81825, 81827, 81829, 81925, 81927, 81929, 85540.

§ City of Munich on the map

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§ City of Munich phone code (or area, dialling code, international prefix)

For telephone calls to the City of Munich, use its telephone code 89. For calls around Germany, dial “0” (to access the DLD, domestic long-distance line) prior to the city code, that is 0 89, and then dial the subscriber's phone number. For calls from other countries, first dial the international access code (which, for example, in UK is: “00”, two zeros), then the code of Germany 49, then the city code 89 and the subscriber's phone number, for example: 00 49 89 1234123.

The City of Munich: population, local time, code, ZIP