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Foreign per diem (Department of State)

Mexico per diem rates

Mexico has 42 per diem locations. The highest daily maximum is $448 in Monterrey ($295 lodging + $153 M&IE); anywhere not listed ("Other") gets $141 + $115. For foreign areas, lodging taxes are already included in the rate and are not claimed separately (FTR §301-11.16(b)).

Lodging, Monterrey
$295/night
All year
Meals & incidentals
$153/day
First/last day: $114.75
Maximum per diem, one full day$448

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All Mexico rates

Season dates are month/day; rates are maximums in U.S. dollars.

LocationLodgingM&IEMax/dayEffective
AcapulcoAll year$283$148$43111/01/2026
CampecheAll year$175$77$25211/01/2026
CancunAll year$287$135$42208/01/2024
ChihuahuaAll year$121$92$21311/01/2026
Ciudad JuarezAll year$168$90$25811/01/2026
Ciudad VictoriaAll year$96$55$15105/01/2004
ColimaAll year$119$76$19510/01/2013
CozumelAll year$182$105$28711/01/2026
CuernavacaAll year$203$107$31011/01/2026
CuliacanAll year$134$123$25711/01/2026
EnsenadaAll year$241$123$36408/01/2024
GuadalajaraAll year$241$126$36711/01/2026
HermosilloAll year$116$122$23811/01/2026
HuatulcoAll year$297$113$41008/01/2024
Ixtapa ZihuatanejoAll year$226$122$34811/01/2026
La PazAll year$202$93$29508/01/2024
Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo)All year$272$112$38408/01/2024
ManzanilloJul 1 – Nov 30$226$108$33411/01/2026
ManzanilloDec 1 – Jun 30$282$114$39611/01/2026
MatamorosAll year$88$90$17811/01/2026
MazatlanAll year$130$127$25711/01/2026
MeridaAll year$184$115$29911/01/2024
MexicaliAll year$182$116$29808/01/2024
Mexico City, D.F.All year$250$132$38211/01/2026
MonterreyAll year$295$153$44811/01/2026
MoreliaAll year$175$102$27711/01/2026
NogalesAll year$125$93$21811/01/2026
Nuevo LaredoAll year$107$101$20811/01/2026
OaxacaAll year$245$104$34911/01/2026
Playa del Carmen, Quintana RooAll year$164$98$26208/01/2024
PueblaAll year$203$107$31011/01/2026
Puerto PenascoAll year$241$121$36212/01/2016
Puerto VallartaAll year$243$129$37211/01/2026
QueretaroAll year$210$128$33811/01/2026
San CarlosAll year$129$96$22511/01/2026
San Luis PotosiAll year$160$102$26211/01/2026
San Miguel de AllendeAll year$210$128$33811/01/2026
TapachulaAll year$80$77$15707/01/2024
TijuanaAll year$193$105$29811/01/2026
Valle del BravoAll year$281$106$38711/01/2024
VeracruzAll year$120$103$22308/01/2024
ZacatecasAll year$171$90$26111/01/2026
OtherAll year$141$115$25611/01/2026

M&IE breakdown for Monterrey

Allocation from GSA's OCONUS M&IE breakdown table (rates over $265: 15% breakfast, 25% lunch, 40% dinner, remainder incidentals). How deductions work

Breakfast$23
Lunch$38
Dinner$61
Incidental expenses$31
M&IE, full day$153
First and last day of travel (75%)$114.75

How it compares

Highest daily maximum in Mexico vs every other foreign country

Bermuda: $1,065Iceland: $828Israel: $809United Kingdom: $794Canada: $774Norway: $751Cayman Islands: $735Fiji: $719Aruba: $699Cyprus: $671Italy: $663Seychelles: $662Switzerland: $661Ecuador: $658Oman: $654France: $652Holy See (Vatican City): $638Sint Maarten: $628Ghana: $620Netherlands: $616The Bahamas: $613Colombia: $598Croatia: $597Saudi Arabia: $594China: $572Japan: $572Venezuela: $563United Arab Emirates: $556Belize: $544Monaco: $539Angola: $535Hong Kong: $535Spain: $520Turkey: $517Morocco: $509Lithuania: $508Belgium: $507Russia: $507Barbados: $499Curacao: $496Saint Lucia: $488Ireland: $487Antigua and Barbuda: $484Austria: $484Liechtenstein: $482Luxembourg: $481Zimbabwe: $478Guyana: $477Solomon Islands: $477South Korea: $475Syria: $474Turks and Caicos Islands: $469Mauritius: $466Greece: $464Singapore: $464Uruguay: $464Maldives: $463Malta: $461Mali: $458Germany: $456Yemen: $455Dominica: $451Nigeria: $449Greenland: $448Bulgaria: $444Grenada: $442New Caledonia: $442Tanzania: $442Macau: $441India: $440Sudan: $437Australia: $431Denmark: $430Egypt: $429Brazil: $428Kuwait: $428French Polynesia: $421Kazakhstan: $415Finland: $410Sweden: $410Malawi: $409Malaysia: $406Trinidad and Tobago: $406Qatar: $405Bangladesh: $402Cocos (Keeling) Islands: $402Zambia: $399Saint Kitts and Nevis: $397Hungary: $395Palau: $395Andorra: $393Cuba: $393Estonia: $393Senegal: $393Argentina: $392Bhutan: $392Democratic Republic of the Congo: $392Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba: $389Ethiopia: $384Republic of the Congo: $380Vanuatu: $378Bahrain: $377Anguilla: $374Portugal: $374Sri Lanka: $374Thailand: $374Djibouti: $370Samoa: $366South Sudan: $365Czechia: $364Chile: $363Tunisia: $363Rwanda: $362Vietnam: $362Poland: $359Dominican Republic: $358Libya: $353Peru: $353Brunei: $351Gabon: $351Albania: $349Wallis and Futuna: $349New Zealand: $347Indonesia: $346Jordan: $344Cameroon: $340Georgia: $340Kenya: $339Gibraltar: $338Côte d'Ivoire: $336Chad: $335Kyrgyzstan: $334Cambodia: $333Latvia: $333Slovakia: $333Philippines: $332Uganda: $332Slovenia: $331Nauru: $330Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: $330Iraq: $329Montenegro: $326South Africa: $322Faroe Islands: $320Tajikistan: $320Jamaica: $319Algeria: $318Guinea: $318Ukraine: $315Cabo Verde: $312Nicaragua: $312Botswana: $310Uzbekistan: $310Sao Tome and Principe: $309Burkina Faso: $308Martinique: $305Mozambique: $305Central African Republic: $304Azerbaijan: $303Nepal: $303Costa Rica: $300Liberia: $300Cook Islands: $298Honduras: $297Virgin Islands, British: $297Laos: $296Serbia: $296Romania: $295Taiwan: $294Micronesia: $289Burma: $287Belarus: $283Sierra Leone: $281Paraguay: $280Benin: $279Pakistan: $279Equatorial Guinea: $278Mongolia: $277Bolivia: $276Tonga: $274Panama: $272Papua New Guinea: $272Madagascar: $271Timor-Leste: $270Togo: $268Haiti: $266French Guiana: $262Niger: $261Suriname: $260Armenia: $256North Macedonia: $254Burundi: $251Moldova: $245Guatemala: $241Guinea-Bissau: $240North Korea: $237El Salvador: $237Namibia: $231Comoros: $230Marshall Islands: $229Montserrat: $228Chagos Archipelago: $227Turkmenistan: $225Guadeloupe: $224Bosnia and Herzegovina: $223Reunion: $221Lebanon: $218Niue: $216San Marino: $212The Gambia: $205Eritrea: $200Kiribati: $199Mauritania: $195Tuvalu: $195Lesotho: $194Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): $178Mayotte: $176Somalia: $169Kosovo: $163Eswatini: $162Iran: $155Ascension Island: $151Other Foreign Localities: $98Saint Helena: $59Tokelau: $38Lowest $38Highest $1,065Mexico$448
Bermuda: $1,065Iceland: $828Israel: $809United Kingdom: $794Canada: $774Norway: $751Cayman Islands: $735Fiji: $719Aruba: $699Cyprus: $671Italy: $663Seychelles: $662Switzerland: $661Ecuador: $658Oman: $654France: $652Holy See (Vatican City): $638Sint Maarten: $628Ghana: $620Netherlands: $616The Bahamas: $613Colombia: $598Croatia: $597Saudi Arabia: $594China: $572Japan: $572Venezuela: $563United Arab Emirates: $556Belize: $544Monaco: $539Angola: $535Hong Kong: $535Spain: $520Turkey: $517Morocco: $509Lithuania: $508Belgium: $507Russia: $507Barbados: $499Curacao: $496Saint Lucia: $488Ireland: $487Antigua and Barbuda: $484Austria: $484Liechtenstein: $482Luxembourg: $481Zimbabwe: $478Guyana: $477Solomon Islands: $477South Korea: $475Syria: $474Turks and Caicos Islands: $469Mauritius: $466Greece: $464Singapore: $464Uruguay: $464Maldives: $463Malta: $461Mali: $458Germany: $456Yemen: $455Dominica: $451Nigeria: $449Greenland: $448Bulgaria: $444Grenada: $442New Caledonia: $442Tanzania: $442Macau: $441India: $440Sudan: $437Australia: $431Denmark: $430Egypt: $429Brazil: $428Kuwait: $428French Polynesia: $421Kazakhstan: $415Finland: $410Sweden: $410Malawi: $409Malaysia: $406Trinidad and Tobago: $406Qatar: $405Bangladesh: $402Cocos (Keeling) Islands: $402Zambia: $399Saint Kitts and Nevis: $397Hungary: $395Palau: $395Andorra: $393Cuba: $393Estonia: $393Senegal: $393Argentina: $392Bhutan: $392Democratic Republic of the Congo: $392Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba: $389Ethiopia: $384Republic of the Congo: $380Vanuatu: $378Bahrain: $377Anguilla: $374Portugal: $374Sri Lanka: $374Thailand: $374Djibouti: $370Samoa: $366South Sudan: $365Czechia: $364Chile: $363Tunisia: $363Rwanda: $362Vietnam: $362Poland: $359Dominican Republic: $358Libya: $353Peru: $353Brunei: $351Gabon: $351Albania: $349Wallis and Futuna: $349New Zealand: $347Indonesia: $346Jordan: $344Cameroon: $340Georgia: $340Kenya: $339Gibraltar: $338Côte d'Ivoire: $336Chad: $335Kyrgyzstan: $334Cambodia: $333Latvia: $333Slovakia: $333Philippines: $332Uganda: $332Slovenia: $331Nauru: $330Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: $330Iraq: $329Montenegro: $326South Africa: $322Faroe Islands: $320Tajikistan: $320Jamaica: $319Algeria: $318Guinea: $318Ukraine: $315Cabo Verde: $312Nicaragua: $312Botswana: $310Uzbekistan: $310Sao Tome and Principe: $309Burkina Faso: $308Martinique: $305Mozambique: $305Central African Republic: $304Azerbaijan: $303Nepal: $303Costa Rica: $300Liberia: $300Cook Islands: $298Honduras: $297Virgin Islands, British: $297Laos: $296Serbia: $296Romania: $295Taiwan: $294Micronesia: $289Burma: $287Belarus: $283Sierra Leone: $281Paraguay: $280Benin: $279Pakistan: $279Equatorial Guinea: $278Mongolia: $277Bolivia: $276Tonga: $274Panama: $272Papua New Guinea: $272Madagascar: $271Timor-Leste: $270Togo: $268Haiti: $266French Guiana: $262Niger: $261Suriname: $260Armenia: $256North Macedonia: $254Burundi: $251Moldova: $245Guatemala: $241Guinea-Bissau: $240North Korea: $237El Salvador: $237Namibia: $231Comoros: $230Marshall Islands: $229Montserrat: $228Chagos Archipelago: $227Turkmenistan: $225Guadeloupe: $224Bosnia and Herzegovina: $223Reunion: $221Lebanon: $218Niue: $216San Marino: $212The Gambia: $205Eritrea: $200Kiribati: $199Mauritania: $195Tuvalu: $195Lesotho: $194Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): $178Mayotte: $176Somalia: $169Kosovo: $163Eswatini: $162Iran: $155Ascension Island: $151Other Foreign Localities: $98Saint Helena: $59Tokelau: $38Lowest $38Highest $1,065Mexico$448
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Source: U.S. Department of State, Office of Allowances, Foreign Per Diem Rates (DSSR 925), publication date 11/01/2026. M&IE breakdown: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), M&IE breakdowns. Not affiliated with GSA or the Department of State. All sources