How much does an aquarium cost per month in Minnesota?

About $8.60 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.45¢/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?

Minnesota has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $108 a year.

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

At 17.45¢ per kilowatt-hour — Minnesota's average residential price in July 2026 — running an aquarium costs $103 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $108. Minnesota's residential rate is up 3.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $100 to $103 a year.

Per hour: 1.2¢
Per day of use: 28.3¢
Per month: $8.60
Per year: $103

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 Minnesota compares

Minnesota pays 17.45¢/kWh, the 21st most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.09 less 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
Indiana	16.73¢	$8.24	$98.92
Colorado	17.00¢	$8.38	$101
Minnesota	17.45¢	$8.60	$103
Virginia	17.55¢	$8.65	$104
Delaware	18.48¢	$9.11	$109

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

What else costs about the same in Minnesota

Gaming pc$102 a year in MN Well pump$95.54 a year in MN Dehumidifier$94.23 a year in MN

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 Minnesota?: About $8.60 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.45¢/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?: Minnesota has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $108 a year.