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Cost to run a game console in Florida (August 2026 rates)
At 14.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Florida's average residential price in August 2026 — running a game console costs $32.83 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $39.77. Florida's residential rate is down 2.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $33.57 to $32.83 a year.
- Per hour
- 3.0¢
- Per day of use
- 9.0¢
- Per month
- $2.74
- Per year
- $32.83
Assumption: 200 W, 3 hours a day, 365 days a year — 219 kWh a year. A current-generation console under load. Menus and streaming apps draw far less than a demanding game. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Florida compares
Florida pays 14.99¢/kWh, the 15th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $6.94 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same game console costs $27.86 a year in Nevada and $103 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $75.47 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 14.82¢ | $2.70 | $32.46 |
| North Carolina | 14.95¢ | $2.73 | $32.74 |
| Florida | 14.99¢ | $2.74 | $32.83 |
| Arizona | 15.05¢ | $2.75 | $32.96 |
| South Dakota | 15.15¢ | $2.76 | $33.18 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a game console.
What else costs about the same in Florida
Cutting the number down
- The instant-on standby mode can draw 10 to 15 W around the clock, which over a year rivals the actual playing.
- Streaming video through a console uses several times the power of a dedicated streaming stick.
Questions
- How much does a game console cost per month in Florida?
- About $2.74 a month, assuming 200 W, 3 hours a day, 365 days a year at 14.99¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a game console use?
- Roughly 219 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Florida has the 15th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $39.77 a year.