Average Electricity Bill in Hawaii

A typical household in Hawaii pays about $468.00 a month for electricity — roughly $5616.00 a year — at the state average rate of 52.00 ¢/kWh. That's about $3624.48 a year more than the typical U.S. household pays. That's based on 900 kWh of monthly use at the all-in average rate — delivery, fixed charges, and utility fees are already inside it; locally billed taxes vary by area.

Hawaii average rate
52.00 ¢/kWh
Estimated monthly bill
$468.00
Estimated annual bill
$5616.00
500 kWh example
$260.00
1,500 kWh example
$780.00

Key metrics

MetricValue
Hawaii average rate52.00 ¢/kWh
Estimated monthly bill$468.00
Estimated annual bill$5616.00
500 kWh example$260.00
1,500 kWh example$780.00

Hawaii vs U.S. average bill

Hawaii monthly bill
$468.00
U.S. monthly bill
$165.96
Monthly difference
+$302.04
Hawaii average rate
52.00 ¢/kWh

Hawaii's typical residential bill estimate is higher than the U.S. average by $302.04 per month (182.0%).

Is this what you'll actually pay?

It's a fair benchmark, not a forecast. We take Hawaii's average rate of 52.00 ¢/kWh and apply it to 900 kWh a month at the all-in average rate, which comes to $468.00. That rate already includes delivery, fixed charges, and utility fees; locally billed taxes vary by area.

Your own bill can land well above or below that, depending on how much you run the air conditioning, how you heat your home and water, your home's size, and how your utility designs its rates.

Usage-level bill examples in Hawaii

Monthly usageEstimated costCanonical page
500 kWh$260.00How much does 500 kWh cost in Hawaii?
1,000 kWh$520.00How much does 1,000 kWh cost in Hawaii?
1,500 kWh$780.00How much does 1,500 kWh cost in Hawaii?
2,000 kWh$1040.00How much does 2,000 kWh cost in Hawaii?

These pages answer fixed-usage questions like "how much does 1,000 kWh cost?"

What usually moves a household bill?

In practice, the biggest bill drivers are air conditioning, space heating, electric water heating, laundry, EV charging, and the length of time high-wattage appliances run each month.

Want to see where your money actually goes? The usage-cost pages show what a whole-home kWh pattern costs, and the appliance pages break down how individual devices add up.

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Source & Method

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Retail Sales of Electricity. Updated: May 2026. Estimates use the EIA all-in average residential rate — energy, delivery, fixed charges, and utility fees together, not just the electricity itself. Fees are inside the rate, not an extra on top; how your own bill splits fixed versus per-kWh charges varies by utility. For what's inside the all-in rate, see hidden electricity fees; for how rates and estimates are defined, see the methodology hub.

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