Atlantic Beach / Morehead City per diem ratesNorth Carolina · FY 2027
Atlantic Beach / Morehead City’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran March to August, now May to August. Atlantic Beach / Morehead City’s full-year average lodging cap, $145 a night, ranks third of the 10 North Carolina areas, between Chapel Hill ($153) and Charlotte ($143).
Atlantic Beach / Morehead City since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Atlantic Beach / Morehead City’s full-year average has grown 24.5%; ranked by that growth, Atlantic Beach / Morehead City sits between Miami (FL) and Stowe (VT). Against FY 2026, Atlantic Beach / Morehead City’s full-year average rose 2.1%, between Seaside (OR) and Wallops Island (VA) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Atlantic Beach / Morehead City ranked 194th of 293 by full-year average, between Steamboat Springs (CO) and Bakersfield / Ridgecrest (CA). Along the way: up 11.6% in FY 2023, up 3.4% in FY 2024, up 5.5% in FY 2025.
Atlantic Beach / Morehead City among the 295
Atlantic Beach / Morehead City’s May–Aug peak lodging cap of $178 ranks 116th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Crested Butte / Gunnison (CO) and Lincoln City (OR). Orlando (FL), St. Augustine (FL) and Truckee (CA) have exactly the same peak cap. Nationally, Atlantic Beach / Morehead City is 161st of 295 by full-year average, between Durango (CO, $145) and Buffalo (NY, $144). North Carolina, area by area.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October | $141 | 31 |
| November to April | $123 | 181 |
| May to August | $178 | 123 |
| September | $141 | 30 |
Four days in May
Monday, May 3, 2027, to Thursday: up to $793, three nights at the May cap plus $259 M&IE. Starting November 2 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $628.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 27.9% above the standard rate over the year.