Dallas-Fort Worth hotel rates, month by month
| Month | Avg. nightly rate | vs. Dallas-Fort Worth average |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | $122 | -2% |
| Feb | $123 | -2% |
| Mar | $127 | +2% |
| Apr | $129 | +3% |
| May | $124 | -1% |
| Jun | $139 | +11% |
| Jul | $128 | +2% |
| Aug | $121 | -3% |
| Sep | $125 | 0% |
| Oct | $130 | +4% |
| Nov | $119 | -5% |
| Dec | $112 | -10% |
What the curve means for planners
Hotel rates in Dallas-Fort Worth move with the calendar, but not violently. The spread between the cheapest and priciest months is 19%. The floor is December at $112 a night, 10% below the city average of $125.
June is the month to watch, averaging $139, or 11% above typical. If an offsite or a recurring project has any date flexibility, steering it away from June is a straightforward saving; forcing it all the way into December matters less.
Most teams can reduce this market to one rule of thumb. Avoid the peak, and treat the rest of the year as roughly interchangeable.
Why do hotel prices in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX move this way?
The numbers are data. What follows is the story we think fits them.
Depth of supply is our best explanation here. The metro is large enough, and its hotel inventory deep enough, that no single season or event seems able to move the average much; the June bump and December dip are visible but shallow. For planners this is a market where dates can simply follow the work.
How Dallas-Fort Worth compares
At $125 a night, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ranks 41 of 50 major U.S. markets by average hotel rate, 16% below the $148 median of the 50 markets in this dataset.
| Similar-priced market | Avg. nightly rate | Rank of 50 |
|---|---|---|
| El Paso, TX | $124 | 42 |
| Orlando, FL | $124 | 43 |
| Portland, OR | $124 | 44 |
Questions people ask
How much does a hotel cost in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Hotels in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX average $125 per night, based on 8.2M publicly available rates observed in searches on Engine between May 2024 and April 2026. These are par rates, meaning the cheapest public price offered at the time of each search, not negotiated or booked rates. Monthly averages range from $112 in December to $139 in June.
What is the cheapest month for hotels in Dallas-Fort Worth?
December is the cheapest month for hotels in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, averaging $112 per night, which is 10% below the city's $125 average.
What is the most expensive month for hotels in Dallas-Fort Worth?
June is the most expensive month for hotels in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, averaging $139 per night, 11% above the city's $125 average.
When should I book a hotel in Dallas-Fort Worth?
The rates on this page are advance-purchase public rates, observed in searches made 10 to 180 days before check-in, so the bigger lever is which month you stay rather than how far ahead you book. For Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, that means aiming for December and avoiding June when dates are flexible. Our full study, Every City Has a Season, covers how timing plays out across all 50 markets.
This page is one market from a 50-city study of how hotel prices move through the year.
How we did this
The figures on this page come from the 128,536,941 hotel prices that business travelers saw when searching on Engine, a platform companies use to book work trips, across 50 U.S. markets over roughly two years (May 2024 to April 2026).
What we measured. Every data point is a par rate, meaning the cheapest publicly available nightly rate a hotel offered at the moment of a live search. These are the prices companies see while planning a trip, not Engine's negotiated rates and not the prices ultimately booked. Real corporate rates typically sit below what is shown here.
Whose trips we looked at. We focused on planned travel and included only searches made 10 to 180 days before check-in, limited to business accounts, with internal, test, and promotional activity excluded.
A few caveats. These are advertised rates, not final booked prices. Monthly figures pool multiple years to smooth year-to-year noise, so an unusually large one-off event can occasionally push a single city-month higher than a typical year.
Data analysis by Jack Swiatoschik. Written by Alec Hollingsworth. Reviewed by Engine's data team.