diff --git a/bigquery/bigframes/query_dry_run.py b/bigquery/bigframes/query_dry_run.py
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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# [START bigquery_bigframes_query_dry_run]
+import bigframes.pandas as bpd
+
+from google.cloud import bigquery
+
+
+def query_dry_run() -> int:
+    sql = """
+    SELECT name, COUNT(*) as name_count
+    FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013`
+    WHERE state = 'WA'
+    GROUP BY name
+    """
+
+    session = bpd.get_global_session()
+    job_config = bigquery.QueryJobConfig(dry_run=True, use_query_cache=False)
+
+    # Perform a dry run query using the session BigQuery client.
+    query_job = session.bqclient.query(sql, job_config=job_config)
+
+    # A dry run query completes immediately and returns query metadata.
+    bytes_processed = query_job.total_bytes_processed
+    if bytes_processed is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Query dry run did not return the number of bytes processed.")
+
+    print(f"This query will process {bytes_processed} bytes.")
+    return bytes_processed
+# [END bigquery_bigframes_query_dry_run]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    query_dry_run()
diff --git a/bigquery/bigframes/query_dry_run_test.py b/bigquery/bigframes/query_dry_run_test.py
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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import query_dry_run
+
+
+def test_query_dry_run() -> None:
+    bytes_processed = query_dry_run.query_dry_run()
+    assert bytes_processed is not None
+    assert bytes_processed > 0