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Cost to run a garage refrigerator in Iowa (July 2026 rates)

At 15.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Iowa's average residential price in July 2026 — running a garage refrigerator costs $144 a year. That is 13% less than the national average of $165. Iowa's residential rate is up 4.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $138 to $144 a year.

Assumption: 900 kWh a year. An older second fridge in an unconditioned garage. Age and ambient heat both push this well above a modern kitchen unit. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Iowa compares

Iowa pays 15.99¢/kWh, the 24th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $20.88 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same garage refrigerator costs $114 a year in Louisiana and $432 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $318 a year.

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

What else costs about the same in Iowa

Cutting the number down

• This is the classic hidden line item: a 20-year-old beer fridge can cost more per year than every light in the house combined.
• Running it only in the months you actually need it, rather than year-round, cuts the cost proportionally.

Questions

How much does a garage refrigerator cost per month in Iowa?

About $11.99 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 15.99¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a garage refrigerator use?

Roughly 900 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Iowa has the 24th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $165 a year.