Blacksburg per diem ratesVirginia · FY 2027
Until FY 2024 its cap changed with the seasons; since FY 2025 one cap applies all year. Blacksburg’s meals-and-incidentals rate equals the standard $68, which only 17 non-standard areas keep.
Blacksburg since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Blacksburg’s full-year average has grown 13.4%; ranked by that growth, Blacksburg sits between Ann Arbor (MI) and Clackamas (OR). Against FY 2026, Blacksburg’s full-year average rose 3.3%, between Pecos (TX) and Flemington (NJ) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Blacksburg ranked 220th of 293 by full-year average, between Manchester (VT) and Albuquerque (NM). Along the way: flat in FY 2023, up 6.9% in FY 2024, up 2.8% in FY 2025.
Four days in Blacksburg
Monday, October 5, 2026, to Thursday: up to $616, three nights of lodging plus $238 M&IE.
One cap covers all twelve months, 11.5% above the standard rate.
Blacksburg among the 295
Blacksburg’s full-year average lodging cap, $126 a night, ranks fifth of the 9 Virginia areas, between Charlottesville ($142) and Roanoke ($125). Exactly the same one-rate cap applies in Spokane (WA). Nationally, Blacksburg is 255th of 295 on that measure, between Cortez (CO, $127) and Mobile (AL, $126). Virginia, area by area.