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Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Texas (August 2026 rates)
At 15.91¢ per kilowatt-hour — Texas's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $6.62 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $7.55. Texas's residential rate is up 3.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.41 to $6.62 a year.
- Per cycle
- 12.7¢
- Per day
- 1.8¢
- Per month
- 55.2¢
- Per year
- $6.62
Assumption: 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week — 42 kWh a year. One mow of a typical suburban lawn, battery or corded. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Texas compares
Texas pays 15.91¢/kWh, the 22nd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 93.6¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric lawn mower costs $5.29 a year in Nevada and $19.63 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.34 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 15.76¢ | 54.6¢ | $6.56 |
| Georgia | 15.90¢ | 55.1¢ | $6.61 |
| Texas | 15.91¢ | 55.2¢ | $6.62 |
| Oregon | 15.92¢ | 55.2¢ | $6.62 |
| Missouri | 16.02¢ | 55.5¢ | $6.66 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric lawn mower.
What else costs about the same in Texas
Cutting the number down
- A season of mowing costs less than a single tank of gasoline, which is the real argument for the switch.
- A sharp blade cuts the load on the motor and the runtime for the same lawn.
Questions
- How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Texas?
- About 55.2¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 15.91¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?
- Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Texas has the 22nd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.55 a year.