Dallas per diem ratesIowa · FY 2027
Dallas’s full-year average lodging cap is the fifth lowest of the 295 non-standard areas, only $4 a night above the standard $113. Until FY 2023 its cap changed with the seasons; since FY 2024 one cap applies all year.
Dallas among the 295
Dallas’s full-year average lodging cap, $117 a night, is the lowest of the 2 Iowa areas, just under Des Moines ($122). Exactly the same one-rate cap applies in Aberdeen / Bel Air / Belcamp (MD).
Dallas since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Dallas’s full-year average has grown 7.3%; ranked by that growth, Dallas sits between Boulder / Broomfield (CO) and Charleston (WV). Against FY 2026, Dallas’s full-year average rose 1.7%, between Charleston (WV) and Ocean City (MD) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Dallas ranked 238th of 293 by full-year average, between Southaven (MS) and Coeur d’Alene (ID). Along the way: flat in FY 2023, up 1.8% in FY 2024, up 3.6% in FY 2025.
Four days in Dallas
Monday, October 5, 2026, to Thursday: up to $631, three nights of lodging plus $280 M&IE.
One cap covers all twelve months, 3.5% above the standard rate.