Most popular wedding month England and Wales 2019-2020

August was the most popular month for weddings in England and Wales in 2019, with almost 35,000 marriages taking place in this month. Unsurprisingly, the other Summer months of June and July were also popular choices as well as September. With just 6,103 weddings occurring in January, this was the least popular month for weddings. In 2020, there were far fewer weddings taking place throughout the year due to the COVID-19 lockdowns at the time.

When is the most popular time for a wedding?

In 2020, as with 2019, Saturday was the most popular day of the week for weddings, with Friday a distant second. In fact, during 2019, the top 31 dates for weddings were all Saturdays, with 4,582 weddings taking place on Saturday July 27, the most popular date for holding a wedding in that year. By contrast, Tuesday was the least popular day of the week for a wedding in 2019, and Christmas Day (Wednesday 25, December) had just three weddings taking place, the fewest of any date in that year.

 Cost of weddings on the rise

The average cost of a wedding increased from around 20,020 British pounds in 2009 to approximately 31,974 in 2019. In the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic , the cost of a wedding fell to 9,100 pounds, before recovering slightly to around 17,300 in 2021. Wedding venues were the largest expense, costing around 6,286 pounds, with catering also setting people back by around 4,419 pounds. When compared with other countries, UK weddings cost less than those in the United States, Spain, Italy and Canada, but more than France, Portugal and Mexico, among other countries.