How much does parking cost in the French Quarter?

French Quarter and CBD garages are the priciest in New Orleans, with daily rates often running $25 to $40 and monthly leases around $200 to $300. Street parking is metered and limited, so most visitors use a garage.

Is monthly parking cheaper than paying daily?

Almost always. A monthly garage lease in New Orleans typically beats paying a daily rate once you park more than about 10 to 12 days a month, which is why commuters lease rather than pay per visit.

Why do event days cost more?

During Mardi Gras, festivals, Saints games, and Jazz Fest, lots near venues apply a flat event rate that can be two to four times the normal daily price. The estimator includes an event multiplier to reflect this.

Are these exact prices?

No. They are neighborhood medians drawn from typical New Orleans garage and lot pricing. Individual operators, validations, and early-bird specials vary, so treat the output as a planning estimate.

Does this tool store my inputs?

No. All calculations happen locally in your browser and nothing is uploaded or saved on a server.

New Orleans Parking Cost Estimator

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Parking in New Orleans swings wildly by neighborhood and by what’s happening that day. A garage in the French Quarter during Jazz Fest can cost several times what the same garage charges on a quiet weekday in Mid-City. This estimator uses local median rates per district so you can budget a daily commute, a monthly lease, or a single event day.

How it works

Each New Orleans neighborhood has a median daily garage rate and a median monthly lease rate baked in. The estimator then applies one of three modes:

Daily commuting — multiplies the daily rate by how many days a month you park, then annualizes (× 12).
Monthly lease — uses the flat monthly garage rate and annualizes it.
Event day — applies an event surge multiplier to the daily rate for a one-off cost.

The core formulas are:

daily_monthly  = daily_rate * days_per_month
daily_annual   = daily_monthly * 12
lease_annual   = monthly_rate * 12
event_cost     = daily_rate * event_multiplier

Tips

If you’ll park more than about 10 to 12 days a month in the CBD or French Quarter, a monthly lease almost always wins over daily rates.
Build a buffer for event surges: Mardi Gras, Saints home games, and festival weekends routinely push lot prices to a flat premium.
Outlying neighborhoods such as Mid-City and Uptown are markedly cheaper, so park-and-ride on the streetcar can cut costs sharply.