How much does an aquarium cost per month in Michigan?

About $11.36 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 23.05¢/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?

Michigan has the 13th 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 Michigan (July 2026 rates)

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running an aquarium costs $136 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $108. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $122 to $136 a year.

Per hour: 1.6¢
Per day of use: 37.3¢
Per month: $11.36
Per year: $136

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 Michigan compares

Michigan pays 23.05¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $28.03 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
Maryland	21.41¢	$10.55	$127
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	$10.70	$128
Michigan	23.05¢	$11.36	$136
Vermont	23.75¢	$11.70	$140
Connecticut	24.16¢	$11.90	$143

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

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Gaming pc$135 a year in MI Well pump$126 a year in MI Dehumidifier$124 a year in MI

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 Michigan?: About $11.36 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 23.05¢/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?: Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $108 a year.