Cost to run a hot tub in Idaho (July 2026 rates)
At 13.73¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hot tub costs $343 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $458. Idaho's residential rate is up 11.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $307 to $343 a year.
- Per day
- 94.0¢
- Per month
- $28.60
- Per year
- $343
Assumption: 2,500 kWh a year. A well-insulated 400-gallon tub held at 100 F year-round in a moderate climate. A poorly insulated tub in a cold climate can double this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Idaho compares
Idaho pays 13.73¢/kWh, the 6th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $114 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hot tub costs $318 a year in Louisiana and $1,200 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $882 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 13.41¢ | $27.94 | $335 |
| Tennessee | 13.71¢ | $28.56 | $343 |
| Idaho | 13.73¢ | $28.60 | $343 |
| Nebraska | 13.78¢ | $28.71 | $344 |
| Kentucky | 13.81¢ | $28.77 | $345 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Idaho
Cutting the number down
- A good cover is the whole ballgame. Most of the energy replaces heat lost from the surface, not heat delivered to people.
- Holding temperature usually beats cooling down and reheating, because reheating a large mass of water is expensive.
- A waterlogged cover has lost its insulation value and quietly doubles the standing loss.
Questions
- How much does a hot tub cost per month in Idaho?
- About $28.60 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 13.73¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a hot tub use?
- Roughly 2,500 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Idaho has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.