Hot Springs per diem ratesSouth Dakota · FY 2027
Hot Springs’s full-year average lodging cap, $129 a night, ranks second of the 3 South Dakota areas, between Deadwood / Spearfish ($131) and Rapid City ($128). Since FY 2021 Hot Springs’s full-year average has grown 22.9%; ranked by that growth, Hot Springs sits between Sedona (AZ) and Austin (TX).
Hot Springs among the 295
Hot Springs’s Jun–Sep peak lodging cap of $161 ranks 146th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Santa Rosa (CA) and Portland (OR). Nationally, Hot Springs is 233rd of 295 by full-year average, between Fort Collins / Loveland (CO, $129) and Barstow / Ontario / Victorville (CA, $129). South Dakota, area by area.
Hot Springs since FY 2021
Against FY 2026, Hot Springs’s full-year average rose 1.6%, between Chester / Radnor / Essington (PA) and New Haven (CT) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Hot Springs ranked 260th of 293 by full-year average, between Tucson (AZ) and Bolingbrook / Romeoville / Lemont (IL). Along the way: up 9.6% in FY 2023, up 6% in FY 2024, up 4.1% in FY 2025.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October to May | $113 | 243 |
| June to September | $161 | 122 |
Four days in June
Monday, June 7, 2027, to Thursday: up to $742, three nights at the June cap plus $259 M&IE. Starting October 5 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $598.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 14.2% above the standard rate over the year.