Cost to run a hot tub in Texas (August 2026 rates)
At 15.91¢ per kilowatt-hour — Texas's average residential price in August 2026 — running a hot tub costs $398 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $454. Texas's residential rate is up 3.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $385 to $398 a year.
- Per day
- $1.09
- Per month
- $33.15
- Per year
- $398
Assumption: 2,500 kWh a year. A well-insulated 400-gallon tub held at 100 F year-round in a moderate climate. A poorly insulated tub in a cold climate can double this. 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 $56.25 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hot tub costs $318 a year in Nevada and $1,180 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $862 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 15.76¢ | $32.83 | $394 |
| Georgia | 15.90¢ | $33.12 | $398 |
| Texas | 15.91¢ | $33.15 | $398 |
| Oregon | 15.92¢ | $33.17 | $398 |
| Missouri | 16.02¢ | $33.38 | $400 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Texas
Cutting the number down
- A good cover is the whole ballgame. Most of the energy replaces heat lost from the surface, not heat delivered to people.
- Holding temperature usually beats cooling down and reheating, because reheating a large mass of water is expensive.
- A waterlogged cover has lost its insulation value and quietly doubles the standing loss.
Questions
- How much does a hot tub cost per month in Texas?
- About $33.15 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 15.91¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a hot tub use?
- Roughly 2,500 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 $454 a year.