Myrtle Beach per diem ratesSouth Carolina · FY 2027
The full-year average rose 12% from FY 2026, the 18th largest increase among the 295 areas listed in both years, between Buffalo (NY) and Malvern / Frazer / Berwyn (PA). Myrtle Beach’s peak is 1.79 times its low-season cap, the widest spread of the 3 seasonal areas in South Carolina. GSA splits Myrtle Beach’s year into five rate periods, as it does for only 14 areas.
Myrtle Beach since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Myrtle Beach’s full-year average has grown 26.1%; ranked by that growth, Myrtle Beach sits between Knoxville (TN) and Hershey (PA). In FY 2021 Myrtle Beach ranked 187th of 293 by full-year average, between Oakhurst (CA) and Hamilton (OH). Along the way: up 13.7% in FY 2023, up 1.4% in FY 2024, down 2.3% in FY 2025.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October | $135 | 31 |
| November to February | $113 | 120 |
| March to May | $147 | 92 |
| June to August | $202 | 92 |
| September | $135 | 30 |
Four days in June
Monday, June 7, 2027, to Thursday: up to $865, three nights at the June cap plus $259 M&IE. Starting November 2 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $598.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 30.7% above the standard rate over the year.
Myrtle Beach among the 295
Myrtle Beach’s full-year average lodging cap, $148 a night, ranks third of the 4 South Carolina areas, between Hilton Head ($175) and Columbia ($115). Myrtle Beach’s Jun–Aug peak lodging cap of $202 ranks 83rd among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Eugene / Florence (OR) and Punta Gorda (FL). Nationally, Myrtle Beach is 148th of 295 on that measure, between West Sacramento / Davis (CA, $148) and Antioch / Brentwood / Concord (CA, $147). South Carolina, area by area.