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Wedding cost calculator: your number, in seconds.
Pick your region, your style and your guest count. Get an instant, itemised budget estimate built on real 2026 vendor pricing across 17 regions - Europe, North America, the Middle East and Oceania - and see exactly where the money goes, how it compares locally, and what sits outside it.
The regional norm
Estimated wedding budget
€22,000
For a 100-guest wedding in France
€220 per guest
A planning estimate, not a quote. How we calculate this
How your budget compares
- Your wedding
- €22,000
- Typical wedding in France
- €22,000
- Paris & Île-de-France average
- €38,000
You're around the average for France.
Where the money goes
Plan these on top
These usually sit outside the estimate above, so they are not added to it.
- Rings & jewelry
- €660 – €1,100
- Attire (both sides)
- €1,100 – €1,760
- Hidden-cost buffer (10%)
- €2,200
Honeymoon is budgeted separately. The buffer covers what most quotes leave out: vendor meals, service charge, overtime.
A planning estimate, not a quote. Runs in your browser - nothing is stored or sent.
How we calculate it.
Each region has three baseline totals - modest, average and luxury - for a wedding of roughly 100 guests, in local currency. We allocate that total across ten core vendor categories using the midpoint of each category’s typical share of spend, then scale the per-head lines (catering, stationery, welcome events) up or down with your guest count. Semi-fixed lines like the venue, photographer and planner move far less.
Rings, attire and honeymoon sit outside the regional dataset, so we show them as amounts to plan on top rather than folding them into the headline number. We also flag a 10% buffer for the hidden costs - vendor meals, service charge, overtime, cleaning, licensing - that appear on final invoices but almost never in vendor quotes.
The comparison under your result uses the same table. Where the dataset holds a premium benchmark for your country - Paris for France, London for the UK, New York for the US - it is shown beside the national figure. Where it does not, the comparison is left out rather than estimated: a benchmark nobody can source is worse than a missing one, because you would budget against it.
- Sources
- Aggregated wedding-industry surveys (WeddingWire, The Knot, Brides), planner-association reports (BVDM in France, NACE in the United States), and our own 2026 vendor-pricing audits.
- Vintage
- 2026 figures.
- Coverage
- 17 regions across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Oceania. Figures are quoted in local currency and never converted.
- Basis
- A wedding of roughly 100 guests, covering the ten vendor categories listed in your breakdown. Rings, attire and honeymoon are outside it.
- Last reviewed
- Full report
- The 2026 wedding cost report
We publish no sample size, because the baselines are aggregated from several published surveys rather than from one study of our own, and quoting a number for it would imply a precision the method does not have.
Frequently asked, briefly answered.
How does this wedding cost calculator work?
You choose a region, a style (modest, average or luxury) and a guest count. The calculator takes the typical regional total for that style and allocates it across the core vendor categories - venue, catering, photography, florals, music, planner, stationery, transport, beauty and welcome events - then scales the per-head lines (like catering) with your guest count. It runs entirely in your browser; nothing is submitted.
Where do the numbers come from?
The regional baselines are the same figures published in our 2026 wedding cost report: aggregated wedding-industry surveys (WeddingWire, The Knot, Brides), planner-association reports (BVDM in France, NACE in the US), and 2026 vendor pricing audits across major markets. Figures are in local currency and are not converted.
Is the estimate accurate for my wedding?
It's a planning estimate, not a quote. Real costs depend on your specific venue, date, vendor choices and guest list. Use it to set a realistic target and to see how the money splits across categories - then track actual estimated, booked and paid amounts in a dedicated budget tracker.
What's not included in the estimate?
The regional dataset covers core vendor categories. Rings, attire and honeymoon are shown separately as amounts to plan on top. We also recommend adding a 10% buffer for the hidden costs most quotes leave out - vendor meals, service charge and gratuity, overtime, venue cleaning and marriage-license fees.
How much does the average wedding cost in 2026?
It varies widely by region: roughly 22,000 EUR in France, 35,000 USD in the US, 25,000 GBP in the UK and 180,000 AED in the UAE for an average wedding of around 100 guests. Major cities run 50-150% higher. Use the calculator above to estimate your own scenario.
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