Per diem · RI · GSA FY2027 from October 1, 2026
Per diem rates in Rhode Island, FY2027
Rhode Island has 2 GSA areas in FY2027, and only the Newport one changes its cap with the calendar.
GSA FY2027 ZIP file published · rates checked · Published by Radif Partners · Rules and data
- GSA areas above the standard rate
- 2
- Highest lodging maximum
- $274
- Where
- Jamestown / Middletown / Newport
- Everywhere else
- $113 + $68
Federal per diem for the trip
$988
Jamestown / Middletown / Newport, RI · Sun, Oct 25 to Wed, Oct 28
| Lodging, 3 nights at the GSA maximum | $708 |
| M&IE before meal deductions | $280 |
| M&IE paid | $280 |
| Total | $988 |
Rates of fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027). How this is calculated.
Day by day
| Day | Lodging | M&IE rate | Share | Meals off | M&IE paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 25 FY2027 | $236 | $80 | 75% | – | $60 |
| Mon, Oct 26 FY2027 | $236 | $80 | 100% | – | $80 |
| Tue, Oct 27 FY2027 | $236 | $80 | 100% | – | $80 |
| Wed, Oct 28 FY2027 | – | $80 | 75% | – | $60 |
A night in Newport County is capped at $274 in June, July and August 2027, 1.8 times the $150 that applies from November to May, while Providence and Bristol counties keep one cap of $161 for the whole of FY2027. Both listed areas pay $80 of meals and incidentals per day, against the standard $68 in the rest of Rhode Island, where lodging stops at $113. These rates run from October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. For a concrete case, three nights in Newport from July 12 to July 15, 2027 add up to $1,102 at the federal maximum: $822 for the rooms and $280 of M&IE, with the arrival and departure days paid at 75%. The same dates in February 2027 come to $730. Lodging taxes sit on top of these figures, and receipts still decide what the room line pays.
Newport's three bands of lodging
GSA writes the coastal area as Jamestown, Middletown and Newport, and the county behind it is Newport. Its FY2027 calendar has three levels. June, July and August carry $274. October and September sit in between at $236. The other seven months, November, December, January, February, March, April and May, drop to $150. Each band moved up from FY2026: the summer cap by $6, the in-between months by $18, the long off season by $9. A booking that runs from the last week of August into September crosses from one cap to the next, so the nights are priced separately.
Newport, RI: per diem for a stay
Lodging + M&IE at the federal maximum
$730
| Lodging: 3 × $150 | $450 |
| M&IE: 2 travel days at $60 | $120 |
| M&IE: 2 full days at $80 | $160 |
Lodging taxes on top; provided meals are deducted in the full calculator.
Providence and Bristol: no season at all
The second area, Providence / Bristol, holds $161 in every month of FY2027, $7 more than its flat $154 of FY2026. In July, a Providence stay of three nights totals $763, or $339 less than Newport for the same dates; in February the order flips and Providence pays more, since the Newport cap falls below it. Warwick, the one Rhode Island city of 15,000 people or more on the Census list that is not in either area, sits in Kent County and takes $113 and $68, like every other county GSA leaves out.
Meals are the same in both listed areas: $20 for breakfast, $22 for lunch, $33 for dinner and $5 of incidentals. A lunch served at a Providence meeting removes $22 from that day, as the M&IE breakdown shows.
Home charging at Rhode Island power prices
For anyone reimbursed by the mile in an electric car, the local power price matters more than the gasoline one. Rhode Island residential electricity averaged 29.22 cents per kWh over January to July 2026 in EIA data, against 18.19 cents for the country, so charging at home costs about 61% more per mile than the national average. Gasoline is priced in EIA's New England (PADD 1A) series, $4.343 a gallon in the week of October 5, 2026, close to the $4.354 U.S. figure. The IRS rate of 76 cents a mile is the same for both cars; the EV charging cost calculator shows how much of it the power bill eats.
Charging at Rhode Island residential prices
Electricity cost
$81.82
| Energy from the outlet | 280 kWh |
| Price: 29.22¢ per kWh | $81.82 |
| Per mile | $0.082 |
Every GSA area in Rhode Island: FY2027 against FY2026
| GSA area | Counties or limits | Lodging FY2027 | M&IE | Lodging FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown / Middletown / Newport | Newport | $150 to $274 | $80 | $141 to $268 |
| Providence / Bristol | Providence / Bristol | $161 | $80 | $154 |
| Rest of the state | All other counties | $113 | $68 | $110 |