Clothes iron vs Electric dryer: which costs more to run? (2026)
Estimates use U.S. average $0.180 $/kWh, typical wattage, and typical hours/day from our catalog. Adjust on each appliance page.
Clothes iron
- Typical watts
- 1200 W
- Hours/day
- 0.3
- Monthly est.
- $1.94
- kWh/mo
- 10.8
Electric dryer
- Typical watts
- 3000 W
- Hours/day
- 1
- Monthly est.
- $16.18
- kWh/mo
- 90.0
Electric dryer is estimated to cost more per month at typical use.