How much does an aquarium cost per month in Hawaii?

About $23.65 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 48.00¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an aquarium use?

Roughly 591 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Hawaii has the most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $108 a year.

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Cost to run an aquarium in Hawaii (July 2026 rates)

At 48.00¢ per kilowatt-hour — Hawaii's average residential price in July 2026 — running an aquarium costs $284 a year. That is 162% more than the national average of $108. Hawaii's residential rate is up 22.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $233 to $284 a year.

Per hour: 3.2¢
Per day of use: 77.8¢
Per month: $23.65
Per year: $284

Assumption: 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 591 kWh a year. A 55-gallon tank: heater, filter and light combined, averaged over a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Hawaii compares

Hawaii pays 48.00¢/kWh, the most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $176 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same aquarium costs $75.21 a year in Louisiana and $284 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $209 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New York	29.90¢	$14.73	$177
Massachusetts	30.49¢	$15.02	$180
Maine	32.41¢	$15.97	$192
California	33.61¢	$16.56	$199
Hawaii	48.00¢	$23.65	$284

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an aquarium.

What else costs about the same in Hawaii

Gaming pc$280 a year in HI Well pump$263 a year in HI Dehumidifier$259 a year in HI

Cutting the number down

The heater is nearly all of it, and its runtime depends on the room. A tank in a cool room costs more to keep warm.
Insulating the back and sides of the tank cuts heater runtime without changing the view.
A lid limits evaporative heat loss, which is the main way an open tank sheds the warmth you paid for.

Questions

How much does an aquarium cost per month in Hawaii?: About $23.65 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 48.00¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an aquarium use?: Roughly 591 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Hawaii has the most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $108 a year.