Where to stay in San Francisco
Cheapest of the 6 areas below is Lower Nob Hill; guests score Financial District highest; Fisherman's Wharf costs the most. Across all 6, rooms run $36 to $1251 a night, read from the booking partner on 2026-08-21.
| Area | Hotels | Rooms from | Median | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Nob Hill Cheapest | 3 | $103–$283 | $136 | 8.5 |
| Union Square Most to choose from | 8 | $36–$189 | $151 | 8.7 |
| Western Addition | 3 | $103–$198 | $168 | 8.5 |
| Financial District Best guest scores Thin sample | 2 | $261–$530 | $530 | 9.5 |
| South of Market | 3 | $208–$619 | $536 | 9.0 |
| Fisherman's Wharf Priciest Thin sample | 2 | $229–$1251 | $1251 | 9.2 |
Areas are ordered cheapest first, by the median nightly rate of the hotels we can read a price for. An area needs at least two of them before it gets a row, because one property tells you nothing about a part of town.
Lower Nob Hill
Lower Nob Hill is the cheapest of the 6 areas below. Rooms start at $103 a night here, and the 3 properties we can read run to $283.
Union Square
Rooms start at $36 a night here, and the 8 properties we can read run to $189.
Western Addition
Rooms start at $103 a night here, and the 3 properties we can read run to $198.
Financial District
Financial District is where guests score their stay highest, and only two properties, so read its numbers as two data points rather than a picture of the area. Rooms start at $261 a night here, and the 2 properties we can read run to $530.
South of Market
Rooms start at $208 a night here, and the 3 properties we can read run to $619.
Fisherman's Wharf
Fisherman's Wharf is the priciest of the 6, and only two properties, so read its numbers as two data points rather than a picture of the area. Rooms start at $229 a night here, and the 2 properties we can read run to $1251.
What these numbers are, and what they are not
Each hotel sits in an area by the address its booking partner publishes, and every figure comes from the same reading that fills the rate on the hotel page: the nightly rate, the guest score and the review count. Rates move with season, demand and length of stay, so read them as a starting point rather than the price of a stay.
What you will not find here is a line about how an area feels. We can read what a room costs and how guests scored it, so we rank on that. We cannot read whether a street is quiet after dark, so we do not put a sentence about it next to numbers that were actually measured.