Berlin Marathon 2027
Sunday, 26 September 2027 · Berlin, Germany
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The weekend at a glance
The details are for 2027 where they are published, and the organiser says the schedule and route can change.
- Your number
- At the Marathon Expo, whose 2027 hours are not published yet. Your wristband for the start area is handed out there too
- Start
- Straße des 17. Juni. Waves at 8:45, 9:05, 9:33, 10:02, 10:12 and 10:27
- Getting to the start
- Brandenburg Gate (S-Bahn), Unter den Linden or Bundestag (U-Bahn), Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Finish
- Beside the start, through the Brandenburg Gate
- Bag drop
- Only if you chose it at registration. The bag comes with your number
- Climb
- The organiser gives no total-climb figure and describes the course as the flattest of the Abbott World Marathon Majors.
- Drinks
- 15 stations. Gel at 27.5 km
- Weather
- The last five race mornings ran from 8.4 °C to 19.9 °C at 9:00
- Trains
- Your number is a public transport ticket for fare zones A, B and C from 23 to 26 September
- Entering
- Places are given by ballot. Entries for 26 September 2027 are open from 1 October to 12 November 2026, and the results come on 3 December 2026. Charity entries and tour operators are separate routes, and fast runners can apply with a qualifying marathon time
Berlin has a long record of fast marathon times. The organiser counts 13 world records set on this course, more than at any other marathon, and calls it the flattest of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Over 50,000 runners finish, and the last thing they do is pass through the Brandenburg Gate.
You start on Straße des 17. Juni, between the Brandenburg Gate and the Kleiner Stern. Millions of spectators and 80 live bands line the course.
Entry is by ballot, and applications for 2027 are open from 1 October to 12 November 2026. The race is on Sunday 26 September 2027.
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Getting to Berlin
Most runners arrive at BER. The FEX airport express takes 23 minutes to the main station, stopping at Südkreuz and Potsdamer Platz. According to the tourist board, it runs every 15 minutes. Berlin Hauptbahnhof is one of the stations the organiser lists for the start.
On race day the organiser says to use public transport. Your number is the ticket. It covers zones A, B and C from 23 to 26 September, and you have to carry it. The nearest stops to the start and finish are Unter den Linden, Bundestag, Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz, plus Hauptbahnhof for the S-Bahn and regional trains.
Where to stay in Berlin
The start and finish are in the same place, so you can use the same stations before and after the race. Sleeping near Hauptbahnhof or Potsdamer Platz puts you a short ride or a walk from the Brandenburg Gate. Walking times aren't published.
Plan your arrival around the time your block opens. Blocks A to D are let in at 7:00. A runner in block K isn't admitted until 8:30.
Collecting your number
Collect your number, race pack and start-area wristband at the Marathon Expo. Without the wristband you can't get in on the morning.
The 2027 hours and address aren't published yet. The race information arrives by email in September, together with the details of the four-day public transport ticket.
Race morning
You're let into the start area in groups. Blocks A to D go in at 7:00, E and F at 7:30, G, H and J at 8:00, and K at 8:30. There are two entrances. Most people use Platz der Republik, opposite the Reichstag. A second at Bremer Weg is only for runners with a purple number, a poncho symbol and a block other than K.
Your block is printed on your number. It's set by the personal best or finish time you gave, and you can change the time online until 26 August 2027. Proof is needed for anything under 3:15. If you want a slower block, line up further back.
You can only use the clothing drop-off if you picked it at registration, and a poncho symbol on your number means you didn't. Keep a hoodie for the pre-start zone, because the organiser collects discarded warm clothes for the Berlin City Mission. There are changing rooms and hot showers at the finish. Bring your own soap, because once you leave the area you can't come back in.
The course 2026 details
The 2027 route map isn't out yet, and the organiser's page still shows 2026. In outline the route leaves Straße des 17. Juni, runs through the city and returns to the Brandenburg Gate.
Fifteen stations have drinks, and every one has a refill point for your own bottle. Water is at 5, 12, 17.5, 22.5, 27.5, 32.5, 34.5, 38 and 40 km. Tea, fruit and the sponsor's drink mix are at 9, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 36 km, and the gel is at 27.5 km. You can leave your own drink at 5, 9, 15, 20, 25, 30, 36 or 40 km if you hand it in between 7:00 and 7:45, marked with your name and number.
Where to watch 2026 details
| Fehrbelliner Platz | The runners pass the cheering point here at about 32 km, in the west of the city. Fehrbelliner Platz is a metro station beside it |
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| Kleiststraße | The runners pass at about 36 km, at the cheering point on Kleiststraße. Nollendorfplatz metro station is about 300 m away |
| Leipziger Platz and Stadtmitte | The runners pass Leipziger Platz at about 39 km and Stadtmitte station at about 40 km, in the last three kilometres before the Brandenburg Gate. Potsdamer Platz and Stadtmitte are both stations here |
Weather in Berlin in September
The date has moved around over the years, from 21 to 29 September, and the weather has moved with it. These are the last five race days at the Brandenburg Gate, at 9:00 and at 13:00.
| Race day | 9:00 | 13:00 | Wind at 9:00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2022 | 11.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 6 km/h |
| 24 September 2023 | 13.1 °C | 18.6 °C | 9 km/h |
| 29 September 2024 | 8.4 °C | 13.7 °C | 12 km/h |
| 21 September 2025 | 19.9 °C | 24.8 °C | 12 km/h |
| 27 September 2026 | 13.5 °C | 20.8 °C | 11 km/h |
Waves leave from 8:45 to 10:27, so the later ones run in a warmer morning than the 9:00 column shows. In 2025 it was nearly 20 °C before the start.
Afterwards
The finish is beside the start, so you go home from the same stations. Your ticket runs until 26 September. The organiser's refreshments are behind the finish line.
Other race weekends
Berlin Marathon is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. The series' other races with a guide here are TCS New York City Marathon, Tokyo Marathon, Boston Marathon, TCS London Marathon, Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, TCS Sydney Marathon and Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
Close by, and with guides of their own, are TCS Amsterdam Marathon and Berlin Half Marathon.
The next races with a guide
Sources
| Date, start blocks, wave times, entrances, bag drop, transport ticket | Race day for participants, organiser, 2027 edition |
| Course, drinks stations, flatness claim | Course, organiser, shows the 2026 map |
| Date, registration FAQ | FAQ, organiser, 2027 edition |
| Records, field size | About the event, organiser |
| Airport train | Berlin tourist board, BER and the FEX, tourist board, December 2025 |
| Past race dates | Berlin Marathon, and the organiser's 2026 results page |
| Cheering points and their km marks | Interactive course map, 2026, organiser, 2026 map, shown on its course page |
| Stadtmitte, Potsdamer Platz and Nollendorfplatz stations | OpenStreetMap, stations within 500 m of each point, checked on the date above |
| Lottery dates, charity entries, tour operators, qualifying times | Run, registration, organiser, 2027 edition, checked 4 October 2026 |
| Course map for the drawing | Course, organiser, 2026 map |
| Race-day weather | Open-Meteo historical weather, at the Brandenburg Gate, a 9 km grid |
Written from the organiser's published information and the app's own race data, checked on 1 October 2026.
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