How much does an electric blanket cost per month in New Mexico?

About 48.2¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 15.06¢/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?

New Mexico has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.04 a year.

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Cost to run an electric blanket in New Mexico (June 2026 rates)

At 15.06¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in June 2026 — running an electric blanket costs $5.78 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $7.04. New Mexico's residential rate is up 2.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.64 to $5.78 a year.

Per hour: 0.6¢
Per day of use: 4.8¢
Per month: 48.2¢
Per year: $5.78

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 New Mexico compares

New Mexico pays 15.06¢/kWh, the 14th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.26 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric blanket costs $5.03 a year in Nevada and $20.24 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $15.21 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Mississippi	14.88¢	47.6¢	$5.71
Washington	14.91¢	47.7¢	$5.73
New Mexico	15.06¢	48.2¢	$5.78
Florida	15.10¢	48.3¢	$5.80
Montana	15.14¢	48.4¢	$5.81

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

What else costs about the same in New Mexico

Vacuum cleaner$5.42 a year in NM Electric lawn mower$6.26 a year in NM Toaster$5.28 a year in NM

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 New Mexico?: About 48.2¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 15.06¢/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?: New Mexico has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.04 a year.