How much does a garage refrigerator cost per month in Illinois?

About $14.92 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 19.89¢/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?

Illinois has the 16th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $165 a year.

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Cost to run a garage refrigerator in Illinois (June 2026 rates)

At 19.89¢ per kilowatt-hour — Illinois's average residential price in June 2026 — running a garage refrigerator costs $179 a year. That is 8% more than the national average of $165. Illinois's residential rate is up 8.7% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $165 to $179 a year.

Per day: 49.0¢
Per month: $14.92
Per year: $179

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 Illinois compares

Illinois pays 19.89¢/kWh, the 16th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $13.95 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same garage refrigerator costs $118 a year in Nevada and $474 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $356 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Delaware	19.29¢	$14.47	$174
Wisconsin	19.56¢	$14.67	$176
Illinois	19.89¢	$14.92	$179
Pennsylvania	21.73¢	$16.30	$196
Maryland	21.84¢	$16.38	$197

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

What else costs about the same in Illinois

Space heater$172 a year in IL Portable air conditioner$168 a year in IL Electric clothes dryer$155 a year in IL

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 Illinois?: About $14.92 a month, assuming 900 kWh a year at 19.89¢/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?: Illinois has the 16th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $165 a year.