St. Louis per diem ratesMissouri · FY 2027
No other Missouri area has a higher full-year average lodging cap; next comes Kansas City ($139). Since FY 2021 St. Louis’s full-year average has grown 10.6%; ranked by that growth, St. Louis sits between East St. Louis / O’Fallon / Fairview Heights (IL) and Hartford (CT).
St. Louis among the 295
Exactly the same one-rate cap applies in Bridgeport / Danbury (CT) and East St. Louis / O’Fallon / Fairview Heights (IL). Nationally, St. Louis is 115th of 295 by full-year average, between Sacramento (CA, $156) and Kennebunk / Kittery / Sanford (ME, $156).
St. Louis since FY 2021
Against FY 2026, St. Louis’s full-year average rose 4%, between Sacramento (CA) and Daytona Beach (FL) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 St. Louis ranked 77th of 293 by full-year average, between Lebanon / Lincoln / West Lebanon (NH) and Stockton (CA). Along the way: flat in FY 2023, up 6.4% in FY 2024, flat in FY 2025.
Four days in St. Louis
Monday, October 5, 2026, to Thursday: up to $769, three nights of lodging plus $301 M&IE.
One cap covers all twelve months, 38.1% above the standard rate.