How much does a chest freezer cost per month in Hawaii?

About $12.00 a month, assuming 300 kWh a year at 48.00¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a chest freezer use?

Roughly 300 kWh a year under these assumptions.

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 $54.93 a year.

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Cost to run a chest freezer in Hawaii (July 2026 rates)

At 48.00¢ per kilowatt-hour — Hawaii's average residential price in July 2026 — running a chest freezer costs $144 a year. That is 162% more than the national average of $54.93. Hawaii's residential rate is up 22.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $118 to $144 a year.

Per day: 39.5¢
Per month: $12.00
Per year: $144

Assumption: 300 kWh a year. A 7 cubic-foot manual-defrost chest freezer. Upright frost-free models run considerably higher. 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 $89.07 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same chest freezer costs $38.16 a year in Louisiana and $144 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $106 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New York	29.90¢	$7.48	$89.70
Massachusetts	30.49¢	$7.62	$91.47
Maine	32.41¢	$8.10	$97.23
California	33.61¢	$8.40	$101
Hawaii	48.00¢	$12.00	$144

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

What else costs about the same in Hawaii

Dishwasher$150 a year in HI Electric oven$160 a year in HI Game console$105 a year in HI

Cutting the number down

A full freezer holds its temperature through each door opening better than an empty one. Jugs of water are free thermal mass.
Manual-defrost models use less energy than frost-free ones, at the cost of an annual chore.
Keeping it somewhere cool matters: an unconditioned garage in summer raises the running cost all season.

Questions

How much does a chest freezer cost per month in Hawaii?: About $12.00 a month, assuming 300 kWh a year at 48.00¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a chest freezer use?: Roughly 300 kWh a year under these assumptions.
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 $54.93 a year.