Cost to run a hot tub in Maine (June 2026 rates)
At 29.59¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maine's average residential price in June 2026 — running a hot tub costs $740 a year. That is 61% more than the national average of $458. Maine's residential rate is up 5.2% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $704 to $740 a year.
- Per day
- $2.03
- Per month
- $61.65
- Per year
- $740
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 Maine compares
Maine pays 29.59¢/kWh, the 4th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $281 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hot tub costs $328 a year in Nevada and $1,318 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $990 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 29.23¢ | $60.90 | $731 |
| New York | 29.49¢ | $61.44 | $737 |
| Maine | 29.59¢ | $61.65 | $740 |
| Massachusetts | 29.61¢ | $61.69 | $740 |
| California | 34.74¢ | $72.38 | $869 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Maine
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 Maine?
- About $61.65 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 29.59¢/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?
- Maine has the 4th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.