Average gas bill in South Dakota
What a typical South Dakota home with natural gas pays each month, in winter and in summer, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Updated · EIA data
- Winter bill, Dec–Feb
- $106/mo
- Summer bill, Jun–Aug
- $20/mo
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, residential natural gas use and prices, July 2025 to June 2026, and residential customers, 2024. Bill and use per home are our calculation. How we calculate this
By home size
- Studio or 1-bedroom apartment$20/mo
- 2-bedroom apartment$30/mo
- 3-bedroom house$54/mo
- Large house, 2,500+ sq ft$64/mo
BillAverage estimate based on EIA data, for homes that pay their own gas bill: typical use for each home type in the Midwest (EIA's 2020 home energy survey), scaled to South Dakota's average use and priced at $1.03 per therm.
Is your bill higher than this?
Gas bills here swing from about $20 a month in summer (June to August) to about $106 in winter (December to February), when heating runs.
Homes with gas service use about 51 therms a month, 6% less than the U.S. average of 54, and pay about $1.03 per therm ($10.64 per thousand cubic feet), 35% lower than the U.S. average.
Gas prices here from April to June 2026 were 4% lower than in the same months a year earlier.
About 63% of South Dakota homes use natural gas at all, according to EIA's 2020 home energy survey. The rest use electricity or other fuels and have no gas bill.
South Dakota gas bills by month
Average bill per residential gas customer each month, our calculation from U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
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Questions
- What is the average gas bill in South Dakota?
- $52 a month over the 12 months to June 2026, for homes with natural gas service. That's our calculation from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data on residential gas use, prices and customers.
- How much is a gas bill in winter in South Dakota?
- About $106 a month from December to February, when heating runs, compared with about $20 a month from June to August.
- How much does natural gas cost per therm in South Dakota?
- About $1.03 per therm ($10.64 per thousand cubic feet) on average over the 12 months to June 2026, including delivery charges. The U.S. average was $1.57 per therm.
- Are gas bills in South Dakota higher than average?
- No. $52 a month is below the U.S. average of $85, 43rd highest of the 50 states and D.C..