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Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Texas (July 2026 rates)
At 15.88¢ per kilowatt-hour — Texas's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $6.61 a year. That is 13% less than the national average of $7.62. Texas's residential rate is up 3.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.39 to $6.61 a year.
- Per cycle
- 12.7¢
- Per day
- 1.8¢
- Per month
- 55.1¢
- Per year
- $6.61
Assumption: 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week — 42 kWh a year. One mow of a typical suburban lawn, battery or corded. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Texas compares
Texas pays 15.88¢/kWh, the 22nd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.01 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric lawn mower costs $5.29 a year in Louisiana and $19.97 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.68 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 15.47¢ | 53.6¢ | $6.44 |
| West Virginia | 15.78¢ | 54.7¢ | $6.56 |
| Texas | 15.88¢ | 55.1¢ | $6.61 |
| Oregon | 15.97¢ | 55.4¢ | $6.64 |
| Iowa | 15.99¢ | 55.4¢ | $6.65 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric lawn mower.
What else costs about the same in Texas
Cutting the number down
- A season of mowing costs less than a single tank of gasoline, which is the real argument for the switch.
- A sharp blade cuts the load on the motor and the runtime for the same lawn.
Questions
- How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Texas?
- About 55.1¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 15.88¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?
- Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Texas has the 22nd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.62 a year.