Boulder / Broomfield per diem ratesColorado · FY 2027
GSA left every month unchanged from FY 2026, as it did for only 12 areas. Boulder / Broomfield’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran May to August, now October and May to September.
Boulder / Broomfield since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Boulder / Broomfield’s full-year average has grown 7.5%; ranked by that growth, Boulder / Broomfield sits between Sacramento (CA) and Dallas (IA). In FY 2021 Boulder / Broomfield ranked 83rd of 293 by full-year average, between Crested Butte / Gunnison (CO) and Phoenix / Scottsdale (AZ). Along the way: flat in FY 2023, up 7.2% in FY 2024, up 0.3% in FY 2025.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October | $173 | 31 |
| November to April | $125 | 181 |
| May to September | $173 | 153 |
Four days in October
Monday, October 5, 2026, to Thursday: up to $799, three nights at the October cap plus $280 M&IE. Starting November 2 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $655.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 32% above the standard rate over the year.
Boulder / Broomfield among the 295
Boulder / Broomfield’s full-year average lodging cap, $149 a night, ranks tenth of the 15 Colorado areas, between Grand Lake ($158) and Durango ($145). Boulder / Broomfield’s Oct, May–Sep peak lodging cap of $173 ranks 126th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Sandusky (OH) and Las Vegas (NV). Rapid City (SD) has exactly the same peak cap. Nationally, Boulder / Broomfield is 141st of 295 on that measure, between Annapolis (MD, $150) and New London / Groton (CT, $149). Colorado, area by area.