How Much Does It Cost To Charge An Electric Scooter [Cost By Location and Scooter]

“How much does it cost to charge an electric scooter” is one of the most frequently asked questions by people considering getting an electric scooter. In this complete guide, we will left no stone unturned and break down all the numbers you need to know.

Electric scooter charging cost

Charging an electric scooter costs 5 cents in the US during off-peak hours, 13 pence in the UK and Ireland, 4 pennies in Canada, and 12 cents in the EU on average. During peak hours, it costs 7 cents in the US, 13 pence in the UK and Ireland, 5 pennies in Canada, and 16 cents in the EU on average.

several electric scooters charging at a charging post

These are the exact costs of charging an average scooter (400 Wh battery) per country:

USA: $0.07 off-peak, $0.84 peak
UK: $0.17 off-peak, $0.20 peak
Australia: $0.08 off-peak, $0.10 peak
Canada: $0.08 off-peak, $0.10 peak
Mexico: $0.03 off-peak, $0.05 peak
New Zealand: $0.07 off-peak, $0.09 peak
Ireland: $0.16 off-peak, $0.19 peak
Germany: $0.16 off-peak, $0.19 peak
France: $0.08 off-peak, $0.10 peak
Switzerland: $0.13 off-peak, $0,16 peak
Austria: $0.18 off-peak, $0.21peak
Netherlands: $0.13 off-peak, $ 0,16 peak
Belgium: $0.16 off-peak, $0.19 peak
Sweden: $0.11 off-peak, $0.13 peak
Denmark: $0.13 off-peak, $0.16 peak
Norway: $0.05 off-peak, $ 0.06 peak
Finland: $0.09 off-peak, $0.11 peak
Poland: $0.08 off-peak, $0.23 peak
Spain: $0.08 off-peak, $0.10 peak
Italy: $0.08 off-peak, $0,10 peak
Russia: $0.02 off-peak, $0.03 peak
China: $0.03 off-peak, $0.04 peak
Japan: $0.08 off-peak, $0.10 peak
South Korea: $0.04 off-peak, $0.05 peak
Singapore: $0.08 off-peak, $0.10 peak
Malaysia: $0.02 off-peak, $0.03 peak
Indonesia: $0.03 off-peak, $0.04 peak
India: $0.03 off-peak, $0.04 peak
Philippines: $0.07 off-peak, $0.09 peak

All prices are in USD. If your country is not listed here, check the comprehensive list below.

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Is it expensive to charge an electric scooter?

Charging an electric scooter is not expensive at all.

In fact, it is one of the most cost-efficient modes of transport today, if not the most cost-efficient one.

How much does it cost to charge an electric scooter can vary depending on your location, the specific scooter model, and the time of day you choose to charge it.

Charging costs per country and per scooter model

Country	Price $/kWh	0.100 kWh (Razor EcoSmart, Swagtron Swagger)	0.168 kWh (Razor E300)	0.187 kWh (Ninebot ES2, GoTrax GXL v2 Commuter)	0.216 kWh (Hover 1 Alpha)	0.240 kWh (Glion Dolly, Levy)	0.280 kWh (Unagi Model One, Xiaomi M365, Xiaomi 3, Hiboy Max3, Hiboy S2)	~0.370 kWh (Ninebot ES 3/4, Turboant X7 Pro)	~0.500 kWh (Xiaomi M365 Pro, Ninebot Max)	~0.620 kWh (EMove Touring, Apollo City)	~1.2 kWh (Dualtron 2, Inokim OX, Apollo Phanton)	~1.5 kWh (Inokim OXO, Emove Cruiser S, Kaabo Wolf Warrior X Pro)	~2 kWh (Dualtron Ultra 2, Nami Burn-E 2, Kaabo Wolf King, Dualtron Thunder, Kaabo Wolf Warrior 11)
USA	0.178	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.10	0.11	0.21	0.27	0.36
UK	0.464	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.1	0.11	0.13	0.17	0.26	0.29	0.56	0.7	0.93
Canada	0.115	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.14	0.17	0.23
Australia	0.227	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.12	0.14	0.27	0.34	0.45
Albania	0.114	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.14	0.17	0.23
Argentina	0.025	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05
Armenia	0.109	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.13	0.16	0.22
Austria	0.481	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.1	0.12	0.13	0.18	0.26	0.3	0.58	0.72	0.96
Bahrain	0.048	0.004	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.07	0.1
Bangladesh	0.054	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.11
Belarus	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.08	0.11	0.14
Belgium	0.425	0.04	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.1	0.12	0.16	0.23	0.26	0.51	0.64	0.85
Bosnia & Herz.	0.096	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.12	0.14	0.19
Brazil	0.163	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.1	0.2	0.24	0.33
Bulgaria	0.135	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.16	0.2	0.27
Chile	0.159	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.09	0.1	0.19	0.24	0.32
China	0.075	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.11	0.15
Colombia	0.177	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.1	0.11	0.21	0.27	0.35
Costa Rica	0.152	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.09	0.18	0.23	0.3
Cyprus	0.352	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.1	0.13	0.19	0.22	0.42	0.53	0.7
Czech Republic	0.38	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.11	0.14	0.21	0.24	0.46	0.57	0.76
Denmark	0.342	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.1	0.13	0.19	0.21	0.41	0.51	0.68
Ecuador	0.096	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.12	0.14	0.19
Estonia	0.309	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.11	0.17	0.19	0.37	0.46	0.62
Finland	0.232	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.09	0.13	0.14	0.28	0.35	0.46
France	0.216	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.12	0.13	0.26	0.32	0.43
Georgia	0.074	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.11	0.15
Germany	0.419	0.04	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.1	0.12	0.16	0.23	0.26	0.5	0.63	0.84
Greece	0.294	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.11	0.16	0.18	0.35	0.44	0.59
Hong Kong	0.199	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.11	0.12	0.24	0.3	0.4
Hungary	0.11	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.13	0.17	0.22
Iceland	0.156	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.09	0.1	0.19	0.23	0.31
India	0.078	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.12	0.16
Indonesia	0.091	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.14	0.18
Ireland	0.438	0.04	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.11	0.12	0.16	0.24	0.27	0.53	0.66	0.88
Israel	0.152	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.09	0.18	0.23	0.3
Italy	0.569	0.06	0.1	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.16	0.08	0.31	0.35	0.68	0.85	1.14
Jamaica	0.326	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.12	0.18	0.2	0.39	0.49	0.65
Japan	0.207	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.25	0.31	0.41
Jordan	0.09	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.14	0.18
Latvia	0.357	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.1	0.13	0.2	0.22	0.43	0.54	0.71
Liechtenstein	0.516	0.05	0.09	0.1	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.19	0.28	0.32	0.62	0.77	1.03
Lithuania	0.314	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.12	0.17	0.19	0.38	0.47	0.63
Macao	0.157	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.09	0.1	0.19	0.24	0.31
Macedonia	0.116	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.14	0.17	0.23
Malaysia	0.046	0.004	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.07	0.09
Malta	0.143	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.17	0.21	0.29
Mexico	0.094	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.14	0.19
Morocco	0.114	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.14	0.17	0.23
Netherlands	0.363	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.1	0.13	0.2	0.23	0.44	0.54	0.73
New Zealand	0.179	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.1	0.11	0.21	0.27	0.36
Nigeria	0.03	0.003	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.06
Norway	0.141	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.17	0.21	0.28
Pakistan	0.056	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.07	0.08	0.11
Panama	0.169	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.1	0.2	0.25	0.34
Peru	0.192	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.11	0.12	0.23	0.29	0.38
Philippines	0.192	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.11	0.12	0.23	0.29	0.38
Poland	0.228	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.13	0.14	0.27	0.34	0.46
Portugal	0.213	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.12	0.13	0.26	0.32	0.43
Romania	0.172	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.11	0.21	0.26	0.34
Russia	0.057	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.07	0.09	0.11
Saudi Arabia	0.048	0.004	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.07	0.1
Serbia	0.111	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.13	0.17	0.22
Singapore	0.229	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.13	0.14	0.27	0.34	0.46
Slovakia	0.206	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.25	0.31	0.41
Slovenia	0.206	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.25	0.31	0.41
South Africa	0.147	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.18	0.22	0.29
South Korea	0.118	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.14	0.18	0.24
Spain	0.227	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.12	0.14	0.27	0.34	0.45
Sri Lanka	0.133	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.16	0.2	0.27
Sweden	0.288	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.11	0.16	0.18	0.35	0.43	0.58
Switzerland	0.341	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.1	0.13	0.19	0.21	0.41	0.51	0.68
Taiwan	0.089	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.13	0.18
Thailand	0.134	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.16	0.2	0.27
Turkey	0.068	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.08	0.1	0.14
UAE	0.08	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.1	0.12	0.16
Ukraine	0.039	0.004	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.06	0.08
Uruguay	0.245	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.13	0.15	0.29	0.37	0.49
Vietnam	0.076	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.11	0.15

This table includes all the most common electric scooters today, with the costs of charging them depending on the country.

I sourced the electricity prices from here: https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/electricity_prices/.

How much does it cost to charge a Xiaomi M365?

Charging Xiaomi M365 costs by country:

USA: 0.06 (peak) / 0.05 (off-peak)
UK: 0.16 (peak) / 0.13 (off-peak)
Canada: 0.04 (peak) / 0.03 (off-peak)
Australia: 0.07 (peak) / 0.06 (off-peak)
France: 0.07 (peak) / 0.06(off-peak)
Germany: 0.14 (peak) / 0.12 (off-peak)

How much does it cost to charge a Xiaomi M365 Pro?

charging an Xiaomi M365 Pro through a power outlet in the wall

The costs of fully charging a Xiaomi M365 Pro

USA: 0.12 (peak) / 0.10 (off-peak)
UK: 0.31 (peak) / 0.26 (off-peak)
Canada: 0.05 (peak) / 0.04 (off-peak)
Australia: 0.07 (peak) / 0.06 (off-peak)
France: 0.14 (peak) / 0.12 (off-peak)
Germany: 0.27 (peak) / 0.23(off-peak)

How much does it cost to charge a Ninebot ES2?

Charging Ninebot ES2 costs vary by country:

USA: 0.03 (peak) / 0.03 (off-peak)
UK: 0.05 (peak) / 0.09 (off-peak)
Canada: 0.02 (peak) / 0.02 (off-peak)
Australia: 0.04 (peak) / 0.04 (off-peak)
France: 0.05 (peak) / 0.04 (off-peak)
Germany: 0.10 (peak) / 0.08 (off-peak)

How much does it cost to charge a Ninebot ES4?

Charging Ninebot ES4 costs by country:

USA: 0.08 (peak) / 0.07 (off-peak)
UK: 0.20 (peak) / 0.017 (off-peak)
Canada: 0.05 (peak) / 0.04 (off-peak)
Australia: 0.10 (peak) / 0.08 (off-peak)
France: 0.10 (peak) / 0.08 (off-peak)
Germany: 0.19 (peak) / 0.16 (off-peak)

What does the charging price depend upon?

Various factors affect electric scooter charging costs, with varying degrees of significance.

The most important ones will be:

the energy capacity of your scooter’s battery (how much energy it can store)
the cost of electricity in the place where you charge your scooter

How to calculate the charging cost for my electric scooter?

To calculate your electric scooter’s charging cost, use our calculator.

First, find your battery’s energy storage capacity, often in Watt-hours (Wh) or kilo-watt-hours (kWh). If it’s in Watt-hours, convert to kilo-Watt-hours by dividing by 1000.

Check your user manual or search online using your scooter model and battery specifications. If you lack this data, two other battery metrics can help you calculate it:

its voltage expressed in Volts (V)
its charge capacity expressed in Ampere-hours (Ah)

Figuring out the energy storage capacity of the battery then is a matter of multiplying those two values.

1 Wh = 1 V * 1 Ah
The formula for obtaining energy storage capacity from voltage and charge capacity

You need to have both the battery energy storage capacity (kWh), and the price of electricity ($/kWh).

Then, calculating the price is just a matter of multiplying the both.

cost per charge ($) = capacity (kWh) * electrity price ($/kWh)
Calculating the price of a single charge

This assumes charging your battery from completely empty to completely full.

Electric scooter charging cost vs other means of transport fuel cost

One of the primary advantages of electric rideables is their cost-efficiency.

Simply plug it into your home’s power outlet.

This convenience has contributed significantly to their widespread popularity.

And, of course, you can always take your scooter with you on every mode of public transport.

Can I reduce the charging cost for my electric scooter?

Reducing the cost of a single charge for your electric scooter is challenging without sacrificing performance by opting for a smaller battery.

Instead, focus on decreasing the frequency of charging to lower your electric scooter’s electricity bill while maintaining top-tier performance.

never letting it drain
charging it regularly
not overcharging it
not charging it in too hot or too cold temperatures
only using the original charger
not charging it in fast mode too often

For additional steps on reducing charging costs by enhancing battery life, explore our in-depth post on the topic here.

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Matt Trajkovski

My name is Matt Trajkovski. I love electric scooters, and electric vehicles in general. I like doing a lot of testing, reviewing, and research on various electric scooter models and brands, following our proprietary rigorous editorial and testing process developed here at EScooterNerds, looking for great value and performance, both through data and experience. All of the content published on this blog goes through a rigorous review and editorial process, and our product reviews not only include the hands-on experience of our own team members, but the experience of our audience members as well. My goal is to provide you with the best information about electric scooters possible. You can see all of my posts in my articles archive.