How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Florida?

About 45.1¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 15.03¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?

Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 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 $6.59 a year.

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Cost to run a vacuum cleaner in Florida (July 2026 rates)

At 15.03¢ per kilowatt-hour — Florida's average residential price in July 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $5.41 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $6.59. Florida's residential rate is down 0.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.44 to $5.41 a year.

Per hour: 18.0¢
Per day of use: 5.4¢
Per month: 45.1¢
Per year: $5.41

Assumption: 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year — 36 kWh a year. An upright vacuum, roughly 20 minutes per session. 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 $1.18 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same vacuum cleaner costs $4.58 a year in Louisiana and $17.28 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $12.70 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Washington	14.71¢	44.1¢	$5.30
Montana	14.99¢	45.0¢	$5.40
Florida	15.03¢	45.1¢	$5.41
North Carolina	15.16¢	45.5¢	$5.46
Kansas	15.27¢	45.8¢	$5.50

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a vacuum cleaner.

What else costs about the same in Florida

Toaster$5.27 a year in FL Electric blanket$5.77 a year in FL Electric lawn mower$6.25 a year in FL

Cutting the number down

A full bag or clogged filter costs suction, not watts: the motor draws the same while doing less.

Questions

How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Florida?: About 45.1¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 15.03¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?: Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 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 $6.59 a year.