How much does an aquarium cost per month in Florida?

About $7.44 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.10¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an aquarium use?

Roughly 591 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 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 $108 a year.

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Cost to run an aquarium in Florida (June 2026 rates)

At 15.10¢ per kilowatt-hour — Florida's average residential price in June 2026 — running an aquarium costs $89.29 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $108. Florida's residential rate is down 1.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $90.76 to $89.29 a year.

Per hour: 1.0¢
Per day of use: 24.5¢
Per month: $7.44
Per year: $89.29

Assumption: 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 591 kWh a year. A 55-gallon tank: heater, filter and light combined, averaged over a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Florida compares

Florida pays 15.10¢/kWh, the 15th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $19.16 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same aquarium costs $77.52 a year in Nevada and $312 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $234 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Washington	14.91¢	$7.35	$88.16
New Mexico	15.06¢	$7.42	$89.05
Florida	15.10¢	$7.44	$89.29
Montana	15.14¢	$7.46	$89.52
Arizona	15.18¢	$7.48	$89.76

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an aquarium.

What else costs about the same in Florida

Gaming pc$88.18 a year in FL Well pump$82.67 a year in FL Dehumidifier$81.54 a year in FL

Cutting the number down

The heater is nearly all of it, and its runtime depends on the room. A tank in a cool room costs more to keep warm.
Insulating the back and sides of the tank cuts heater runtime without changing the view.
A lid limits evaporative heat loss, which is the main way an open tank sheds the warmth you paid for.

Questions

How much does an aquarium cost per month in Florida?: About $7.44 a month, assuming 150 W at a 45% duty cycle, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.10¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an aquarium use?: Roughly 591 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 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 $108 a year.