Lewes per diem ratesDelaware · FY 2027
Lewes’s full-year average edged up just 0.1% against FY 2026, one of the smallest increases this year. No other Delaware area has a higher full-year average lodging cap; next comes Wilmington ($127). Lewes’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran July to August, now June to August.
Lewes since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Lewes’s full-year average has grown 23.2%; ranked by that growth, Lewes sits between Laconia (NH) and Deadwood / Spearfish (SD). In FY 2021 Lewes ranked 173rd of 293 by full-year average, between Clackamas (OR) and Stuart (FL). Along the way: up 25.4% in FY 2023, up 3.7% in FY 2024, down 5.4% in FY 2025.
Lewes among the 295
Lewes’s Jun–Aug peak lodging cap of $216 ranks 66th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Toms River (NJ) and Portland (ME). Nationally, Lewes is 144th of 295 by full-year average, between San Antonio (TX, $149) and Eatontown / Freehold (NJ, $148).
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October to May | $126 | 243 |
| June to August | $216 | 92 |
| September | $126 | 30 |
Four days in June
Monday, June 7, 2027, to Thursday: up to $907, three nights at the June cap plus $259 M&IE. Starting October 5 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $637.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 31.6% above the standard rate over the year.