Mammoth Lakes per diem ratesCalifornia · FY 2027
Mammoth Lakes’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran December to April, now December to March. Mammoth Lakes’s full-year average lodging cap, $167 a night, ranks 15th of the 32 California areas, between Palm Springs ($169) and Truckee ($165).
Mammoth Lakes since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Mammoth Lakes’s full-year average has grown 23.3%; ranked by that growth, Mammoth Lakes sits between Eatontown / Freehold (NJ) and St. Augustine (FL). Against FY 2026, Mammoth Lakes’s full-year average rose 5.7%, between San Antonio (TX) and Eugene / Florence (OR) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Mammoth Lakes ranked 90th of 293 by full-year average, between Big Spring (TX) and Orlando (FL). Along the way: up 9.9% in FY 2023, up 9.8% in FY 2024, down 3.3% in FY 2025.
Mammoth Lakes among the 295
Mammoth Lakes’s Dec–Mar peak lodging cap of $208 ranks 77th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Albuquerque (NM) and Tucson (AZ). Nationally, Mammoth Lakes is 77th of 295 by full-year average, between Bradenton (FL, $167) and Baltimore City (MD, $166). California, area by area.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October to November | $146 | 61 |
| December to March | $208 | 121 |
| April to September | $146 | 183 |
Four days in December
Monday, December 7, 2026, to Thursday: up to $925, three nights at the December cap plus $301 M&IE. Starting October 5 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $739.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 47.4% above the standard rate over the year.