Los Angeles per diem ratesCalifornia · FY 2027
Until FY 2024 its cap changed with the seasons; since FY 2025 one cap applies all year. Los Angeles’s full-year average lodging cap, $199 a night, ranks tenth of the 32 California areas, between San Mateo / Foster City / Belmont ($200) and Yosemite National Park ($196).
Los Angeles since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Los Angeles’s full-year average has grown 10.8%; ranked by that growth, Los Angeles sits between Charlotte (NC) and East St. Louis / O’Fallon / Fairview Heights (IL). Against FY 2026, Los Angeles’s full-year average rose 4.2%, between Portsmouth (NH) and Cortez (CO) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Los Angeles ranked 28th of 293 by full-year average, between Denver / Aurora (CO) and Silverthorne / Breckenridge (CO). Along the way: flat in FY 2023, up 0.6% in FY 2024, up 5.7% in FY 2025.
Los Angeles among the 295
Nationally, Los Angeles is 35th of 295 by full-year average, between San Mateo / Foster City / Belmont (CA, $200) and Jekyll Island / Brunswick (GA, $199). California, area by area.
Four days in Los Angeles
Monday, October 5, 2026, to Thursday: up to $898, three nights of lodging plus $301 M&IE.
One cap covers all twelve months, 76.1% above the standard rate.