New York hotel prices by month

January is the cheapest month for a 4-star in New York, at $158 a night for 2 before tax, and December the dearest, at $403. A 5-star goes from $470 in January to $838 in December.

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New York hotel prices month by month

February is almost as cheap as January at a 4-star, and at a 5-star September costs about what December does.

Month4-star5-star
November 2026$328$790
December 2026$403$838
January 2027$158$470
February 2027$166$496
March 2027$214$550
April 2027$276$636
May 2027$318$715
June 2027$313$736
July 2027$262$622
August 2027$246$621
September 2027$399$830

34 hotels at 4 stars and 42 at 5, the same ones every month. September runs to the 26th: for later nights, ask the hotel.

Cheapest nights of the week in New York

At a 4-star the dearest weekends are December’s: $518 on a Friday or Saturday against $355 during the week.

HotelsSunday to ThursdayFriday and Saturday
4-star$260$291
5-star$679$656

The cheapest and dearest weeks in New York

From 4 to 10 December a 5-star costs $1,178 a night, more than 2.5 times the end of January.

WeekA typical night
4-star, cheapest: 20 to 26 January$150
4-star, cheapest: 29 January to 4 February$152
4-star, dearest: 2 to 8 December 2026$566
4-star, dearest: 9 to 15 December 2026$464
5-star, cheapest: 28 January to 3 February$444
5-star, cheapest: 15 to 21 January$448
5-star, dearest: 4 to 10 December 2026$1,178
5-star, dearest: 9 to 15 November 2026$903

Hotels in New York from the guide

Aman New York prices: a night month by month, and what the tax adds Waldorf Astoria New York prices: from $562 in February, and what tax adds

Before you pick your dates

How much tax goes on top in New York?

14.75% and $3.50 a night: the city’s1 and the state’s2 taxes and fees3 together, on every figure on this page.

When would you go?

I’d go in March: $214 at a 4-star and $550 at a 5-star, well under May.

What the figure includes

A typical night is the middle hotel: half cost more, half less. Each price is the lowest any seller showed for one night for 2 adults, before tax, with any compulsory resort fee in it. For the night of 19 May 2027 the big agencies asked about 28% and 13% more than the lowest seller, at a 4-star and a 5-star. Ask which room it buys and whether you can cancel. Prices from Google Hotels, 1 November 2026.

Written and checked by Lumina, independently of the hotels it names. Lumina sells no rooms: every link leads to its source.

Where we read it
  1. 1 NYC Department of Finance, Hotel Room Occupancy Tax report, 31 October 2026
  2. 2 New York State, Publication 718, 31 October 2026
  3. 3 NYC Department of Finance, Hotel Room Occupancy Tax, 31 October 2026
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