How much does a ceiling fan cost per month in Virginia?

About $1.26 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 17.55¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a ceiling fan use?

Roughly 86 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Virginia has the 20th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $15.82 a year.

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Cost to run a ceiling fan in Virginia (July 2026 rates)

At 17.55¢ per kilowatt-hour — Virginia's average residential price in July 2026 — running a ceiling fan costs $15.16 a year. That is 4% less than the national average of $15.82. Virginia's residential rate is up 11.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $13.63 to $15.16 a year.

Per hour: 1.1¢
Per day of use: 8.4¢
Per month: $1.26
Per year: $15.16

Assumption: 60 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year — 86 kWh a year. A typical 52-inch fan on medium. DC-motor fans draw about a third of this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Virginia compares

Virginia pays 17.55¢/kWh, the 20th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 65.7¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same ceiling fan costs $10.99 a year in Louisiana and $41.47 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $30.48 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Colorado	17.00¢	$1.22	$14.69
Minnesota	17.45¢	$1.26	$15.08
Virginia	17.55¢	$1.26	$15.16
Delaware	18.48¢	$1.33	$15.97
Wisconsin	19.06¢	$1.37	$16.47

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

What else costs about the same in Virginia

Wi-fi router$15.37 a year in VA Hair dryer$16.58 a year in VA Slow cooker$16.85 a year in VA

Cutting the number down

A fan cools people, not rooms. Running one in an empty room is pure cost with no benefit.
Because moving air feels several degrees cooler, a fan lets you raise the thermostat, which is where the real money is saved.
Reverse the direction in winter to push warm ceiling air back down without adding heat.

Questions

How much does a ceiling fan cost per month in Virginia?: About $1.26 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 17.55¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a ceiling fan use?: Roughly 86 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Virginia has the 20th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $15.82 a year.