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Cost to run a garage refrigerator in Florida (August 2026 rates)
At 14.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Florida's average residential price in August 2026 — running a garage refrigerator costs $135 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $163. Florida's residential rate is down 2.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $138 to $135 a year.
- Per day
- 37.0¢
- Per month
- $11.24
- Per year
- $135
Assumption: 900 kWh a year. An older second fridge in an unconditioned garage. Age and ambient heat both push this well above a modern kitchen unit. 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 $28.53 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same garage refrigerator costs $114 a year in Nevada and $425 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $310 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 14.82¢ | $11.12 | $133 |
| North Carolina | 14.95¢ | $11.21 | $135 |
| Florida | 14.99¢ | $11.24 | $135 |
| Arizona | 15.05¢ | $11.29 | $135 |
| South Dakota | 15.15¢ | $11.36 | $136 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a garage refrigerator.
What else costs about the same in Florida
Cutting the number down
- This is the classic hidden line item: a 20-year-old beer fridge can cost more per year than every light in the house combined.
- Running it only in the months you actually need it, rather than year-round, cuts the cost proportionally.
Questions
- How much does a garage refrigerator cost per month in Florida?
- About $11.24 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 14.99¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a garage refrigerator use?
- Roughly 900 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- 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 $163 a year.