Cost to run a hot tub in Indiana (June 2026 rates)
At 17.51¢ per kilowatt-hour — Indiana's average residential price in June 2026 — running a hot tub costs $438 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $458. Indiana's residential rate is up 6.3% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $412 to $438 a year.
- Per day
- $1.20
- Per month
- $36.48
- Per year
- $438
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 17.51¢/kWh, the 21st most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $20.75 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hot tub costs $328 a year in Nevada and $1,318 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $990 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 17.13¢ | $35.69 | $428 |
| Virginia | 17.22¢ | $35.88 | $430 |
| Indiana | 17.51¢ | $36.48 | $438 |
| Minnesota | 17.52¢ | $36.50 | $438 |
| Ohio | 19.19¢ | $39.98 | $480 |
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 $36.48 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 17.51¢/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 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.