Miami per diem ratesFlorida · FY 2027
Miami’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran December to March, now February to March. GSA splits Miami’s year into five rate periods, as it does for only 14 areas. Meals and incidentals are paid at the top tier, which 33 areas share.
Miami since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Miami’s full-year average has grown 24.5%; ranked by that growth, Miami sits between Sandusky (OH) and Atlantic Beach / Morehead City (NC). Against FY 2026, Miami’s full-year average rose 4.8%, between Santa Fe (NM) and Grand Canyon / Flagstaff (AZ) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Miami ranked 61st of 293 by full-year average, between Fort Walton Beach / De Funiak Springs (FL) and Minneapolis / St. Paul (MN). Along the way: up 13.5% in FY 2023, up 7.1% in FY 2024, down 2.2% in FY 2025.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October to November | $151 | 61 |
| December to January | $219 | 62 |
| February to March | $244 | 59 |
| April to May | $194 | 61 |
| June to September | $151 | 122 |
Four days in February
Monday, February 1, 2027, to Thursday: up to $1,054, three nights at the February cap plus $322 M&IE. Starting October 5 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $775.
No other Florida area has a meal rate as high as $92. Weighted by days, the cap sits 63.5% above the standard rate over the year.
Miami among the 295
Miami’s full-year average lodging cap, $185 a night, ranks fifth of the 22 Florida areas, between Boca Raton / Delray Beach / Jupiter ($200) and Fort Lauderdale ($185). Miami’s Feb–Mar peak lodging cap of $244 ranks 37th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Kalispell / Whitefish (MT) and Chicago (IL). Nationally, Miami is 45th of 295 on that measure, between Boise (ID, $186) and Duluth (MN, $185). Florida, area by area.