Cost to run an OLED TV
An OLED TV drawing 113 W costs 2.97p for each hour of running at 26.32p/kWh. Used 5.7 hours a day, every day, that comes to £5.20 a month.
An hour of running costs
2.97p an hour
That is 0.11 kWh. Used as set, it comes to £5.20 a month and £62.40 a year.
On the label or in the manual.
Standby, thermostats and off-peak use
A thermostat switches it on and off to hold a temperature. 100% if it runs flat out.
Drawn while plugged in and not running.
| Period | Cost | Energy | CO2e |
|---|---|---|---|
| An hour of running | 2.97p | 0.11 kWh | 25 g |
| A day, on average | 17.1p | 0.65 kWh | 141 g |
| A month | £5.20 | 19.8 kWh | 4.3 kg |
| A year | £62.40 | 237 kWh | 51.5 kg |
How we calculated this
Energy is power multiplied by time: 113 W running for an hour uses 0.11 kWh.
Standby is counted for every hour it is plugged in and not running, on days it is used and days it is not.
The figures are for ENERGY STAR certified models sold in the US and Canada. Certified models are more efficient than the average model on sale, and many are larger than the ones sold in Europe, so an older or less efficient one will use more. The power is the average measured while the TV is on, and it rises with screen size: the median certified TV here has a screen of 65 inches. The starting hours are the average of the survey’s weekday and weekend figures for the television households use most, which households reported and did not measure.
The starting use for an OLED TV, 5.7 hours a day, every day, is where the calculator starts, not a measurement of your home: change it to how you use yours. A day is the average across the week, and a month is a twelfth of a 365-day year.
Electricity costs 26.32p/kWh. That is the published figure for the United Kingdom, 1 Oct – 31 Dec 2026, from Ofgem. Average for England, Scotland and Wales, paying by Direct Debit. No VAT on electricity from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Standing charges are left out: you pay them whether or not the appliance runs.
Emissions use 0.217 kg CO2e per kWh, the lifecycle intensity of electricity generated in the United Kingdom in 2025, from Ember, via Our World in Data. Lifecycle means building the power stations and supplying their fuel are counted too. It is the grid’s average, not the particular power station an extra appliance brings on.
What drives the cost
An OLED TV lights each pixel itself instead of lighting the whole screen from behind, and it draws 113 W in the median certified model, on a screen of 65 inches. Standby is only 0.3 W, and at 5.7 hours a day, every day, an OLED TV costs £62.40 a year at 26.32p/kWh.
Also called: OLED television, OLED screen.
What it costs in the UK, Europe and the US
For an OLED TV used as typical (5.7 hours a day, every day), at each country’s published average electricity price.
| Country | Electricity price | An hour |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 26.32p/kWh | 2.97p |
| United States (average) | 18.19¢/kWh | 2.06¢ |
| Ireland | €0.4042/kWh | €0.046 |
| Germany | 0,3869 €/kWh | 0,044 € |
| France | 0,2561 €/kWh | 0,029 € |
| Spain | 0,2669 €/kWh | 0,03 € |
| Italy | 0,2966 €/kWh | 0,034 € |
| Netherlands | € 0,2558/kWh | € 0,029 |
Compared with similar appliances
| Appliance | Typical power | An hour | A year, typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLED TV | 113 W | 2.97p | £62.40 |
| LED or LCD TV | 79.5 W | 2.09p | £44.06 |
| Games console | 120 W | 3.16p | £23.06 |
| TV box | 40 W | 1.05p | £19.21 |
How to spend less on it
- Turn it off, or use its sleep timer, when nobody is watching: it draws the same whether or not the picture is being looked at.
- Bright, white content draws more than dark: the power varies with what is on screen.
- Use the energy-saving picture mode and turn the brightness down a little.
Questions
How much does an OLED TV cost to run per hour?
At 26.32p/kWh, an OLED TV drawing 113 W costs 2.97p for every hour of running at full power.
How much does an OLED TV cost to run a year?
Used 5.7 hours a day, every day, it costs about £62.40 a year at 26.32p/kWh, or £5.20 a month.
How many watts does an OLED TV use?
Most draw between 75 W and 168.6 W while running, and 113 W is typical. The rating is on the label or in the manual.
Does an OLED TV use more electricity than an LED one?
On ENERGY STAR’s figures the median certified OLED here draws 113 W, and the sets are bigger on average, so compare screens of the same size. Across models most draw between 75 W and 168.6 W.
Sources
- ENERGY STAR Certified Televisions (open data), ENERGY STAR, US Environmental Protection Agency, 26 September 2026. “ENERGY STAR certified OLED TVs, average on-mode power: median 113 W across 44 certified models, 10th to 90th percentile 75 W to 169 W (models where display_type='OLED').”
- ENERGY STAR Certified Televisions (open data), ENERGY STAR, US Environmental Protection Agency, 26 September 2026. “The same TVs' standby power: median 0.3 W across 19 certified models, 10th to 90th percentile 0.3 W to 0.4 W (models where display_type='OLED').”
- Energy Follow-Up Survey 2011, Report 9: Domestic appliances, cooking & cooling equipment, BRE for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, December 2013. “approximately 5 to 6 hours per day, compared to 1 to 2 hours for the other televisions”
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