How much a wedding costs in Portugal in 2026: price per guest at a quinta, photographer, DJ, flowers and dress, regions, high season and a 100-guest example.
The Eventadore team11 min readUpdated 26 October 2026
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Three things move the total, in this order: the number of guests, the date and the region. The figures below are a rough guide for 2026, not a price list: always ask for the price of your own day.
Rough figures for 2026, for a wedding of about 100 guests:
Quintas work in one of two ways, and it pays to know which before you compare prices.
This is the most common model: one price per guest that covers the venue, the welcome drinks, dinner (or lunch), drinks with the meal, the dessert buffet and often the cake, the open bar and the late-night supper (ceia). In 2026 a full menu normally costs €70 to €160 per person; more courses, more hours of bar and more table service push it towards the top.
Also ask:
Some quintas hire out only the space, for a fixed fee — in 2026 roughly €2,000 to €12,000 a day, depending on the region, the season and what is included (tables, chairs, linen, a marquee). The food comes separately, from a caterer you choose or from the quinta's list, and you only know the total once catering, staff and drinks are added up.
To compare venues calmly, read how to choose a quinta for your wedding and look at quintas near Lisbon or in the Minho. On Eventadore, once you enter your date and number of guests, each card shows what that day costs, all in, travel included; without them, it shows a price range.
Photography. Full-day coverage — getting ready, ceremony, couple portraits and party — normally costs €1,000 to €3,000. A second photographer, a printed album or a shoot before the wedding add to the price. In the north, where many weddings start at lunch and end in the small hours, count on more hours.
Video. €800 to €2,200, depending on the length of the film, the number of cameras and a drone. Some teams do both photography and video and offer a package price for the two.
Music. A DJ with sound and lighting for the party costs around €600 to €1,500; a live band €1,500 to €6,000, depending on the number of musicians and the hours. Music for the ceremony, a fado set at dinner or a saxophonist alongside the DJ are normally paid separately.
Compare photographers and DJs for the same number of hours, with travel included.
The civil wedding is one of the smallest costs. According to the Portuguese government's official guide, the process and registration cost €120 when you marry at the registry office (conservatória) on a weekday during opening hours, and €200 at the weekend, on a public holiday, outside opening hours or away from the registry office — and away from it, the couple also pays the registrar's travel. A prenuptial agreement costs €100 more (or €160 for a property regime you define yourselves). The process should start at least one month before the date. These amounts can change: the registry office confirms what applies to you.
For a Catholic wedding, the preliminary process also goes through the registry office; the church has its own costs (donation, music, flowers), which vary from parish to parish. A symbolic ceremony with a celebrant has no legal effect and has its own fee. If one of you is not Portuguese, read getting married in Portugal as a foreigner.
The region mainly moves the price per guest and how hard it is to get a date:
As an order of magnitude: in the Minho and the Centre you find many full menus under €100 per person; near Lisbon and in the Algarve, going over €120 is common.
High season runs from May to October, and within it Saturdays from June to September are the most sought-after and most expensive days. Outside them, the same venue and the same suppliers often cost less:
Book early: for a summer Saturday at a popular quinta, a year ahead is normal. The dress, the rings and the invitations cost the same in any month, so the date saves mainly on the wedding meal.
Inês and Tiago marry on a Saturday in June at a quinta near Lisbon, with 100 guests and the civil ceremony at the quinta itself:
Total: €24,800, or €248 per guest. The wedding meal, with the bar and supper, takes €14,000 — more than half.
The same party on a Friday in March at a quinta in the Minho — menu at €90, bar and supper €1,800, photographer €1,600, video €1,300, DJ €900 and flowers €1,500 — would come to about €20,600. Three quarters of the difference comes from the wedding meal.
Add a 10% buffer for the unexpected. In the Budget, one of your planning tools, Eventadore adds up the suppliers in your Planning at the price fixed when you added them — a price nobody renegotiates later: the supplier only says whether they are free. To split the total, read how to set a wedding budget.
In 2026, roughly €15,000 to €30,000, depending on the region, the date and the menu. In the example above, a Saturday in June near Lisbon comes to €24,800, and the same party on a Friday in March in the Minho to around €20,600. Palaces and resorts easily go beyond €40,000.
Counting everything — quinta, photography, music, flowers, dress — around €150 to €300 per guest. The wedding meal alone normally costs €70 to €160 per person. Small weddings tend to cost more per guest, because the photographer, the music and the dress cost the same with 40 guests or 120.
€120 at the registry office on a weekday; €200 at the weekend, on a public holiday, outside opening hours or away from the registry office, plus the registrar's travel. A prenuptial agreement costs €100 or €160 more. The registry office confirms the amounts in force.
From November to March, and on any day that is not a Saturday. Even in high season, a Friday or a Sunday usually costs less, and some quintas and suppliers give discounts for winter and weekdays. Ask: not all of them advertise it.
Suppliers' meals, overtime, travel for anyone coming from far away, VAT when a price is quoted without it, cake or corkage fees, a marquee in case of rain and transport for your guests. Ask for every quote in writing, with these lines in it.
No. The booking fee is already inside the price you see, never added on top, so it costs the same as booking the supplier directly. When you reserve, that fee is held on your card and charged only when the supplier says yes; the deposit and the rest you pay to the supplier directly.
