Palm Springs per diem ratesCalifornia · FY 2027
Palm Springs’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran November to April, now February to April. Palm Springs’s full-year average lodging cap, $169 a night, ranks 14th of the 32 California areas, between Mill Valley / San Rafael / Novato ($169) and Mammoth Lakes ($167).
Palm Springs since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Palm Springs’s full-year average has grown 30.8%; ranked by that growth, Palm Springs sits between Truckee (CA) and Daytona Beach (FL). Against FY 2026, Palm Springs’s full-year average rose 0.9%, between Hot Springs (AR) and Grand Rapids (MI) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Palm Springs ranked 115th of 293 by full-year average, between Ithaca (NY) and Santa Fe (NM). Along the way: up 15.3% in FY 2023, up 12% in FY 2024, up 0.4% in FY 2025.
Palm Springs among the 295
Palm Springs’s Feb–Apr peak lodging cap of $192 ranks 95th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine (TX) and Laconia (NH). Nationally, Palm Springs is 68th of 295 by full-year average, between Tampa / St. Petersburg (FL, $169) and Quincy (MA, $168). California, area by area.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October to January | $186 | 123 |
| February to April | $192 | 89 |
| May to September | $141 | 153 |
Four days in February
Monday, February 1, 2027, to Thursday: up to $877, three nights at the February cap plus $301 M&IE. Starting May 3 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $724.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 49.2% above the standard rate over the year.