Average electric bill in Hawaii
A typical Hawaii household pays
$215a month · $2577 a year
That is 44% above the national average of $149, the 1st highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 513 kilowatt hours a month at 52.00¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — May 2026
$250
Cheapest — February 2026
$182
The dearest month costs $68 more than the cheapest — 37% higher spread across the year rather than concentrated in one season, which usually means neither heating nor cooling dominates here.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Hawaii the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Hawaii's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 451,210 residential accounts in Hawaii, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Hawaii rate page for the underlying prices.