Fort Myers per diem ratesFlorida · FY 2027
Fort Myers’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran February to March, now January to April. Fort Myers’s full-year average lodging cap, $165 a night, ranks 12th of the 22 Florida areas, between Bradenton ($167) and St. Augustine ($164).
Fort Myers since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Fort Myers’s full-year average has grown 25%; ranked by that growth, Fort Myers sits between Annapolis (MD) and Portland (ME). Against FY 2026, Fort Myers’s full-year average rose 4.2%, between Reading (PA) and Laconia (NH) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Fort Myers ranked 101st of 293 by full-year average, between Hartford (CT) and Milwaukee (WI). Along the way: up 15% in FY 2023, up 10.5% in FY 2024, down 5.6% in FY 2025.
Fort Myers among the 295
Fort Myers’s Jan–Apr peak lodging cap of $213 ranks 69th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Cody (WY) and San Luis Obispo (CA). Nationally, Fort Myers is 85th of 295 by full-year average, between Truckee (CA, $165) and New Orleans (LA, $164). Florida, area by area.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October to December | $141 | 92 |
| January to April | $213 | 120 |
| May to September | $141 | 153 |
Four days in January
Monday, January 4, 2027, to Thursday: up to $919, three nights at the January cap plus $280 M&IE. Starting October 5 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $703.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 45.7% above the standard rate over the year.