How much does a hair dryer cost per month in Delaware?

About $1.47 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 18.70¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?

Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Delaware has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.16 a year.

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Cost to run a hair dryer in Delaware (August 2026 rates)

At 18.70¢ per kilowatt-hour — Delaware's average residential price in August 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $17.67 a year. That is 3% more than the national average of $17.16. Delaware's residential rate is up 11.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $15.92 to $17.67 a year.

Per hour: 33.7¢
Per day of use: 5.0¢
Per month: $1.47
Per year: $17.67

Assumption: 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year — 94 kWh a year. About nine minutes a day on high. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Delaware compares

Delaware pays 18.70¢/kWh, the 19th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 51.0¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hair dryer costs $12.02 a year in Nevada and $44.59 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $32.56 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Minnesota	17.20¢	$1.35	$16.25
Virginia	17.64¢	$1.39	$16.67
Delaware	18.70¢	$1.47	$17.67
Illinois	19.32¢	$1.52	$18.26
Ohio	19.38¢	$1.53	$18.31

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hair dryer.

What else costs about the same in Delaware

Slow cooker$17.95 a year in DE Wi-fi router$16.38 a year in DE Ceiling fan$16.16 a year in DE

Cutting the number down

Nearly 2,000 W sounds alarming, but a few minutes a day keeps the annual total modest.
A cool-shot finish uses a fraction of the power of the heated setting.

Questions

How much does a hair dryer cost per month in Delaware?: About $1.47 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 18.70¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?: Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Delaware has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.16 a year.