San Diego wedding venue cost index
Computed from 30 published fee schedules across the San Diego metro, checked on August 18, 2026. Median published starting price $191, with half the listings between $191 and $344. 29 of 30 (97%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 30 San Diego area venues in 12 cities, checked on August 18, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | $32 |
| 25th percentile | $191 |
| Median | $191 |
| 75th percentile | $344 |
| Highest published starting price | $1,110 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 25 | 83% |
| Under $1,000 | 29 | 97% |
| Under $2,500 | 30 | 100% |
| Published fee of zero | 0 | 0% |
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Park & Pavilion | Old Poway Park - GazeboPoway, CA | $32 |
| Other Venue | Old Poway Park - Templars HallPoway, CA | $63 |
| Courthouse & City Hall | San Diego County Clerk Civil Ceremony - County Administration CenterSan Diego, CA | $107 |
| Garden & Conservatory | Balboa Park - Alcazar GardenSan Diego, CA | $191 |
| Estate & Historic Home | Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve - Wedding Courtyard and Rancho GroundsSan Diego, CA | $450 |
| Chapel | Heritage County Park - TempleSan Diego, CA | $675 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
1 court or clerk office in the San Diego area publish a ceremony fee, all at $107. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 6 | $391 |
| Outdoor space published | 26 | $191 |
Published capacity
12 of the 30 San Diego listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 50 guests.
Public agency against everything else
19 of 30 listings (63%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 16 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 19 | 63% |
| Everything else | 11 | 37% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the San Diego venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.