Denver hotel rates, month by month
| Month | Avg. nightly rate | vs. Denver average |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | $121 | -27% |
| Feb | $139 | -16% |
| Mar | $138 | -17% |
| Apr | $166 | 0% |
| May | $169 | +2% |
| Jun | $221 | +33% |
| Jul | $213 | +28% |
| Aug | $194 | +17% |
| Sep | $199 | +20% |
| Oct | $182 | +10% |
| Nov | $135 | -19% |
| Dec | $121 | -27% |
What the curve means for planners
In Denver, the month on the booking is a budget decision: rates swing 45% between the cheapest and priciest months, one of the wider gaps in the 50 markets.
If the dates have any give, steering a group stay away from June is the biggest single lever on the total.
Why do hotel prices in Denver, CO move this way?
The numbers are data. What follows is the story we think fits them.
A June peak sounds backwards for a ski state; the likely resolution is that ski demand sleeps in the mountains, not downtown. Summer is likely conference season overlapping park and mountain tourism routed through the city.
How Denver compares
At $166 a night, Denver, CO ranks 17 of 50 major U.S. markets by average hotel rate, 12% above the $148 median of the 50 markets in this dataset.
| Similar-priced market | Avg. nightly rate | Rank of 50 |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | $165 | 18 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $169 | 16 |
| Austin, TX | $161 | 19 |
Questions people ask
How much does a hotel cost in Denver?
Hotels in Denver, CO average $166 per night, based on 2.7M 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 $121 in January to $221 in June.
What is the cheapest month for hotels in Denver?
January is the cheapest month for hotels in Denver, CO, averaging $121 per night, which is 27% below the city's $166 average.
What is the most expensive month for hotels in Denver?
June is the most expensive month for hotels in Denver, CO, averaging $221 per night, 33% above the city's $166 average.
When should I book a hotel in Denver?
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 Denver, CO, that means aiming for January 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. Negotiated 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.