Average gas bill in New York
$157a month, on average
$1,889 over the 12 months September 2025 – August 2026 for a typical residential natural gas customer: total spending divided by 4,617,162 customers (2024 count).
In context
- Previous 12 months
- $1,586(+19.1%)
- U.S. average
- $1,023 (+84.7%)
- Gas used per year
- 100.7 Mcf ≈ 1,043 therms
- Latest price (Aug 2026)
- $28.04/Mcf
- Last winter’s price
- $16.82/Mcf $1.62/therm
3rd highest yearly gas bill of 51 states and D.C.
Month by month
The winter months (November–March) made up 67% of the year’s gas spending. The highest bill was $319 in January 2026; the lowest $56 in September 2025.
Show the numbers
| Month | Gas per customer | Price | Average bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 2.10 Mcf | $26.61/Mcf | $55.94 |
| October 2025 | 4.26 Mcf | $23.88/Mcf | $101.66 |
| November 2025 | 10.11 Mcf | $17.95/Mcf | $181.48 |
| December 2025 | 17.47 Mcf | $16.06/Mcf | $280.63 |
| January 2026 | 19.91 Mcf | $16.01/Mcf | $318.71 |
| February 2026 | 16.33 Mcf | $16.42/Mcf | $268.07 |
| March 2026 | 11.87 Mcf | $18.90/Mcf | $224.39 |
| April 2026 | 6.80 Mcf | $21.15/Mcf | $143.82 |
| May 2026 | 4.05 Mcf | $22.74/Mcf | $92.12 |
| June 2026 | 3.08 Mcf | $27.01/Mcf | $83.08 |
| July 2026 | 2.51 Mcf | $30.86/Mcf | $77.50 |
| August 2026 | 2.19 Mcf | $28.04/Mcf | $61.52 |
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Why the price per Mcf jumps in summer
EIA’s residential price is total revenue divided by gas delivered. Utilities charge a fixed monthly customer fee, so in summer, when households burn little gas, that fee is spread over a small volume and the price per Mcf looks high ($28.04 in August 2026). The winter price, $16.82 per Mcf for Nov 2025 – Mar 2026, is closer to what each extra unit of heat costs.
Gas or a heat pump in New York?
At last winter’s gas price and this year’s electricity rate (29.3¢ per kWh), heat from a 90%-efficient gas furnace costs $18.04 per million Btu and from a heat pump with a seasonal COP of 2.5 about $34.30. Gas is the cheaper heat here at current prices. Compare every fuel in New York.
Source and method
U.S. Energy Information Administration: residential natural gas price (series N3010NY3), residential consumption (N3010NY2) and number of residential consumers (NA1501_SNY_8). Average bill = consumption per customer × average price, month by month. EIA withholds some months for some states; the 12-month window above is the latest with every month reported. Page rebuilt November 4, 2026.