Buffalo per diem ratesNew York · FY 2027
The full-year average rose 12.3% from FY 2026, the 17th largest increase among the 295 areas listed in both years, between Kennebunk / Kittery / Sanford (ME) and Myrtle Beach (SC). No other New York area has risen as much since FY 2021; its full-year average is up 35.9%.
Buffalo since FY 2021
In FY 2021 Buffalo ranked 255th of 293 by full-year average, between Incline Village / Reno / Sparks (NV) and Columbia (MD). Along the way: flat in FY 2023, up 10.4% in FY 2024, up 9.6% in FY 2025.
Four days in Buffalo
Monday, October 5, 2026, to Thursday: up to $712, three nights of lodging plus $280 M&IE.
One cap covers all twelve months, 27.4% above the standard rate.
Buffalo among the 295
Buffalo’s full-year average lodging cap, $144 a night, ranks eighth of the 19 New York areas, between Ithaca ($145) and Kingston ($141). Exactly the same one-rate cap applies in Pittsburgh (PA). Nationally, Buffalo is 162nd of 295 on that measure, between Atlantic Beach / Morehead City (NC, $145) and Milwaukee (WI, $144). New York, area by area.