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Cost to run a coffee maker in Montana (August 2026 rates)
At 15.57¢ per kilowatt-hour — Montana's average residential price in August 2026 — running a coffee maker costs $25.57 a year. That is 14% less than the national average of $29.83. Montana's residential rate is up 9.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $23.47 to $25.57 a year.
- Per hour
- 14.0¢
- Per day of use
- 7.0¢
- Per month
- $2.13
- Per year
- $25.57
Assumption: 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 164 kWh a year. Ten minutes of brewing plus 20 minutes on the warming plate. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Montana compares
Montana pays 15.57¢/kWh, the 19th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.25 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same coffee maker costs $20.89 a year in Nevada and $77.49 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $56.60 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 15.15¢ | $2.07 | $24.88 |
| Kansas | 15.47¢ | $2.12 | $25.41 |
| Montana | 15.57¢ | $2.13 | $25.57 |
| South Carolina | 15.76¢ | $2.16 | $25.89 |
| Georgia | 15.90¢ | $2.18 | $26.12 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a coffee maker.
What else costs about the same in Montana
Cutting the number down
- The warming plate, not the brew, is where the hours go. Decanting into a thermal carafe removes it entirely.
- Single-serve pod machines heat less water per cup but idle at temperature; the two effects roughly cancel.
Questions
- How much does a coffee maker cost per month in Montana?
- About $2.13 a month, assuming 900 W, 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 15.57¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a coffee maker use?
- Roughly 164 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.90 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Montana has the 19th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $29.83 a year.