Phoenix / Scottsdale per diem ratesArizona · FY 2027
Phoenix / Scottsdale’s peak is 1.90 times its low-season cap, the widest spread of the 4 seasonal areas in Arizona. Phoenix / Scottsdale’s high season has shifted: in FY 2021 it ran October to May and September, now February to March. GSA splits Phoenix / Scottsdale’s year into five rate periods, as it does for only 14 areas.
| Months | Cap | Nights |
|---|---|---|
| October to January | $165 | 123 |
| February to March | $232 | 59 |
| April to May | $171 | 61 |
| June to August | $122 | 92 |
| September | $165 | 30 |
Four days in February
Monday, February 1, 2027, to Thursday: up to $997, three nights at the February cap plus $301 M&IE. Starting June 7 instead, in a low month, the same trip comes to $667.
Weighted by days, the cap sits 46.9% above the standard rate over the year.
Phoenix / Scottsdale since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Phoenix / Scottsdale’s full-year average has grown 21%; ranked by that growth, Phoenix / Scottsdale sits between Southaven (MS) and Santa Barbara (CA). Against FY 2026, Phoenix / Scottsdale’s full-year average rose 4.1%, between Manchester (VT) and Toms River (NJ) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Phoenix / Scottsdale ranked 84th of 293 by full-year average, between Boulder / Broomfield (CO) and Cleveland (OH). Along the way: up 7.6% in FY 2023, up 6.7% in FY 2024, up 1.2% in FY 2025.
Phoenix / Scottsdale among the 295
Phoenix / Scottsdale’s full-year average lodging cap, $166 a night, ranks third of the 5 Arizona areas, between Tucson ($167) and Kayenta ($147). Phoenix / Scottsdale’s Feb–Mar peak lodging cap of $232 ranks 45th among the peak caps of the 295 areas, between Fort Lauderdale (FL) and Jekyll Island / Brunswick (GA). Nationally, Phoenix / Scottsdale is 79th of 295 on that measure, between Baltimore City (MD, $166) and Falmouth (MA, $165). Arizona, area by area.