How much does an incandescent bulb cost per month in Florida?

About $1.37 a month, assuming 60 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.03¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an incandescent bulb use?

Roughly 110 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Florida has the 15th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $20.05 a year.

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Cost to run an incandescent bulb in Florida (July 2026 rates)

At 15.03¢ per kilowatt-hour — Florida's average residential price in July 2026 — running an incandescent bulb costs $16.46 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $20.05. Florida's residential rate is down 0.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $16.55 to $16.46 a year.

Per hour: 0.9¢
Per day of use: 4.5¢
Per month: $1.37
Per year: $16.46

Assumption: 60 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year — 110 kWh a year. A 60 W bulb producing roughly the same 800 lumens as a 9 W LED. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Florida compares

Florida pays 15.03¢/kWh, the 15th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.59 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same incandescent bulb costs $13.93 a year in Louisiana and $52.56 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $38.63 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Washington	14.71¢	$1.34	$16.11
Montana	14.99¢	$1.37	$16.41
Florida	15.03¢	$1.37	$16.46
North Carolina	15.16¢	$1.38	$16.60
Kansas	15.27¢	$1.39	$16.72

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an incandescent bulb.

What else costs about the same in Florida

Microwave$16.46 a year in FL Electric kettle$16.46 a year in FL Box fan$16.91 a year in FL

Cutting the number down

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Questions

How much does an incandescent bulb cost per month in Florida?: About $1.37 a month, assuming 60 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.03¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an incandescent bulb use?: Roughly 110 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Florida has the 15th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $20.05 a year.