How much does a box fan cost per month in Michigan?

About $2.16 a month, assuming 75 W, 10 hours a day, 150 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a box fan use?

Roughly 112 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 $20.60 a year.

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Cost to run a box fan in Michigan (July 2026 rates)

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running a box fan costs $25.93 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $20.60. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $23.12 to $25.93 a year.

Per hour: 1.7¢
Per day of use: 17.3¢
Per month: $2.16
Per year: $25.93

Assumption: 75 W, 10 hours a day, 150 days a year — 112 kWh a year. 20-inch box fan on high. Low speed roughly halves the draw. 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 $5.33 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same box fan costs $14.31 a year in Louisiana and $54.00 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $39.69 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Maryland	21.41¢	$2.01	$24.09
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	$2.04	$24.43
Michigan	23.05¢	$2.16	$25.93
Vermont	23.75¢	$2.23	$26.72
Connecticut	24.16¢	$2.27	$27.18

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a box fan.

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Electric kettle$25.24 a year in MI Microwave$25.24 a year in MI Incandescent bulb$25.24 a year in MI

Cutting the number down

Pointing one out of an upstairs window at night pulls cool air through the whole house for a fraction of what cooling it costs.
Box fans are cheap to run but not free: continuous summer use adds up to real kilowatt-hours.

Questions

How much does a box fan cost per month in Michigan?: About $2.16 a month, assuming 75 W, 10 hours a day, 150 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a box fan use?: Roughly 112 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 $20.60 a year.