Cost to run a hot tub in Indiana (July 2026 rates)
At 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour — Indiana's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hot tub costs $418 a year. That is 9% less than the national average of $458. Indiana's residential rate is up 3.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $404 to $418 a year.
- Per day
- $1.15
- Per month
- $34.85
- Per year
- $418
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 Indiana compares
Indiana pays 16.73¢/kWh, the 23rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $39.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 16.27¢ | $33.90 | $407 |
| Alabama | 16.40¢ | $34.17 | $410 |
| Indiana | 16.73¢ | $34.85 | $418 |
| Colorado | 17.00¢ | $35.42 | $425 |
| Minnesota | 17.45¢ | $36.35 | $436 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Indiana
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 Indiana?
- About $34.85 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 16.73¢/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?
- Indiana has the 23rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.