Cost to run a hot tub in Maine (July 2026 rates)
At 32.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maine's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hot tub costs $810 a year. That is 77% more than the national average of $458. Maine's residential rate is up 15.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $700 to $810 a year.
- Per day
- $2.22
- Per month
- $67.52
- Per year
- $810
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 Maine compares
Maine pays 32.41¢/kWh, the 3rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $352 more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 29.90¢ | $62.29 | $748 |
| Massachusetts | 30.49¢ | $63.52 | $762 |
| Maine | 32.41¢ | $67.52 | $810 |
| California | 33.61¢ | $70.02 | $840 |
| Hawaii | 48.00¢ | $100 | $1,200 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Maine
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 Maine?
- About $67.52 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 32.41¢/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?
- Maine has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.