Which events and holidays push up hotel prices in San Jose (CA)?

Nights ahead with an event or holiday

In San Jose (CA), measured nights ahead with an event or holiday: 5 of 84, from 26 November 2026 to 18 January 2027; the highest median among them is $232, on Monday 18 January 2027 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day).

Each night links to the places and prices read for it, and an event with a source links to it. A public holiday and New Year's Eve are listed whatever their night asked; any other event only where its night asked at least +15% against other nights of its kind.

How much above a normal night of the same kind

In San Jose (CA), event and holiday nights ahead asking more than other nights of their kind within 7 days: 1 of 5; the largest difference is +3%, on Friday 1 January 2027 (New Year's Day): $158 against $153.

Other nights of its kind: the other measured nights of the same kind (Monday to Thursday, or Friday to Sunday) within 7 days either side, at least 3 of them. The difference belongs to the night: it says what places asked that night, not why.

New Year's Eve and public holidays

In San Jose (CA), New Year's Eve and public holidays among the measured nights ahead: 5; the highest median is $232, on Monday 18 January 2027 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), -7% against other Monday-to-Thursday nights.

Public holidays come from the country's statutory calendar, New Year's Eve from the date itself; they are listed whatever their night asked, so a holiday priced like an ordinary night is here too. A linked holiday has its own page, measured over the fortnight around it.

Nights priced above the usual with no named event

In San Jose (CA), nights ahead with no event or holiday that ask 15% or more above other nights of their kind: 9 of 79 compared; the largest difference is +38%, on Wednesday 18 November 2026: $284.

No named event means none with a source was published for that night, not that nothing is on. At most 10 nights are listed, the largest difference first.

How this is measured

Nights measured ahead in San Jose (CA): 84, from 13 November 2026 to 4 February 2027; each with at least 30 places showing a price.

• Up to 207 places checked per night; a place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price.
• Prices in USD, as shown on the day each night was read; nights read on 7 November 2026.
• Events: public holidays from the country's statutory calendar, New Year's Eve by its date, and other events only with a source link (an event found automatically also needs high confidence) and only where their night asked at least +15% against other nights of its kind.
• Other nights of its kind: the median of the other measured nights of the same kind (Monday to Thursday, or Friday to Sunday) within 7 days either side, where at least 3 were measured.
• Left out as broken reads: nights priced more than 3 times above or below the window's middle, and differences above +150%.
• A multi-day event stands on its first night, with its last day in brackets; the figures are that first night's.
• The difference belongs to the night: an event beside a night is context, never a claim about why the night asked what it did.
• Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast.