How much does an electric blanket cost per month in California?

About 95.2¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 29.75¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric blanket use?

Roughly 38 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.04 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

California has the 4th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.97 a year.

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Cost to run an electric blanket in California (August 2026 rates)

At 29.75¢ per kilowatt-hour — California's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric blanket costs $11.42 a year. That is 64% more than the national average of $6.97. California's residential rate is down 3.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $11.87 to $11.42 a year.

Per hour: 1.2¢
Per day of use: 9.5¢
Per month: 95.2¢
Per year: $11.42

Assumption: 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year — 38 kWh a year. Queen-size, medium setting, thermostatic. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How California compares

California pays 29.75¢/kWh, the 4th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.45 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric blanket costs $4.88 a year in Nevada and $18.12 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $13.23 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New York	28.65¢	91.7¢	$11.00
Alaska	29.41¢	94.1¢	$11.29
California	29.75¢	95.2¢	$11.42
Massachusetts	30.48¢	97.5¢	$11.70
Maine	32.11¢	$1.03	$12.33

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

What else costs about the same in California

Vacuum cleaner$10.71 a year in CA Electric lawn mower$12.38 a year in CA Toaster$10.42 a year in CA

Cutting the number down

Heating the bed instead of the bedroom is one of the best ratios of comfort to kilowatt-hours in the house.
Preheating for 15 minutes and switching off at bedtime captures most of the benefit for a fraction of the runtime.

Questions

How much does an electric blanket cost per month in California?: About 95.2¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 29.75¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric blanket use?: Roughly 38 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.04 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: California has the 4th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.97 a year.