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An average US household. In Europe it is more like 10 kWh. Why there is such a large difference I do not know.
by evandijk70 4y ago
An average US household. In Europe it is more like 10 kWh. Why there is such a large difference I do not know.
- koreth1 4y agoThere are undoubtedly lots of reasons, but I bet one of them is that air conditioning is much more common and uses a lot of electricity. The US extends much further south than Europe (the states along the US's southern border are at the same latitude as northern Africa) and large sections of the US have hotter summertime temperatures than pretty much anywhere in Europe.
- kilroy123 4y agoHomes on average are a lot bigger in the US. Plus we tend to use aircon a lot more.
- mardifoufs 4y agoIt depends on if the energy consumption figure includes natural gas. It is much more common in the US to use electricity for heating & water heating than it is in europe. Obviously there are other factors but that could explain some of it.
- t0mas88 4y agoThat could explain all of it. Household average here (including 1 person households / apartments etc) is 2479 kwh per year, but also 1169 m3 of natural gas. If you convert that gas to kwh it would be around 10,500 kwh So 13,000 kwh per year or 35 kwh daily average.