San Francisco Bay Area wedding venue cost index
Computed from 46 published fee schedules across the San Francisco Bay Area metro, checked on August 18, 2026. Median published starting price $487, with half the listings between $206 and $939. 36 of 46 (78%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 46 San Francisco Bay Area area venues in 17 cities, checked on August 18, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | $40 |
| 25th percentile | $206 |
| Median | $487 |
| 75th percentile | $939 |
| Highest published starting price | $3,180 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 23 | 50% |
| Under $1,000 | 36 | 78% |
| Under $2,500 | 45 | 98% |
| Published fee of zero | 0 | 0% |
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel | Santa Clara County Wedding Chapel Rental (bring your own officiant)San Jose, CA | $40 |
| Courthouse & City Hall | Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder Civil Marriage CeremonyMartinez, CA | $50 |
| State Park | Golden Gate National Recreation Area Outdoor Ceremony PermitSan Francisco, CA | $60 |
| Park & Pavilion | Picnic Site Reservation (East Bay Regional Park District)Oakland, CA | $84 |
| Other Venue | Contra Costa County Destination Wedding CeremonyMartinez, CA | $120 |
| Garden & Conservatory | Botanic Garden Rental (Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Tilden)Berkeley, CA | $200 |
| Estate & Historic Home | Ravenswood Historic SiteLivermore, CA | $315 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
7 courts and clerk offices in the San Francisco Bay Area area publish a ceremony fee, running from $50 to $174. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 21 | $323 |
| Outdoor space published | 33 | $511 |
Published capacity
34 of the 46 San Francisco Bay Area listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 100 guests.
Public agency against everything else
23 of 46 listings (50%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 21 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 23 | 50% |
| Everything else | 23 | 50% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the San Francisco Bay Area 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.