Overview
- Lifestyle site Coupons.de reports an average price of €4.54 per cup nationwide, up about 7% from 2024.
- Regional gaps are stark, with Berlin stands charging up to €7.50 and southern Germany averaging €4.73 compared with €4.27 in the east.
- Outliers bookend the season, from Aldi pop-up markets pouring €1 cups to a €18 Champagne Glühwein at Munich’s Sofitel.
- In Frankfurt, the organizer says cups of Glühwein average €4, card payment works at roughly 70–80% of stalls, and newly checked mugs replace last year’s faulty batch.
- Saxon markets expect typical prices of €4–5 per cup, Leipzig sets cup deposits at €4 (€5 for children’s mugs), and operators note vendors benchmark rivals’ prices while many stand-fee terms remain confidential.