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Cost to run an electric oven in Colorado (August 2026 rates)
At 17.17¢ per kilowatt-hour — Colorado's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric oven costs $57.14 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $60.44. Colorado's residential rate is up 5.9% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $53.95 to $57.14 a year.
- Per cycle
- 27.5¢
- Per day
- 15.7¢
- Per month
- $4.76
- Per year
- $57.14
Assumption: 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week — 333 kWh a year. About an hour of baking at 350 F, including preheat. The element cycles rather than drawing its full 2,400 W continuously. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Colorado compares
Colorado pays 17.17¢/kWh, the 22nd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.29 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric oven costs $42.33 a year in Nevada and $157 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $115 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 17.02¢ | $4.72 | $56.64 |
| Iowa | 17.06¢ | $4.73 | $56.78 |
| Colorado | 17.17¢ | $4.76 | $57.14 |
| Minnesota | 17.20¢ | $4.77 | $57.24 |
| Virginia | 17.64¢ | $4.89 | $58.71 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric oven.
What else costs about the same in Colorado
Cutting the number down
- For anything under an hour, a countertop oven or air fryer heats a far smaller cavity and usually wins outright.
- Most recipes do not need a full preheat; reaching temperature with the food inside costs less than an empty preheat.
- Self-clean runs the element flat out for hours and is the most expensive cycle the appliance offers.
Questions
- How much does an electric oven cost per month in Colorado?
- About $4.76 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 17.17¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric oven use?
- Roughly 333 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Colorado has the 22nd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $60.44 a year.