How much do you pay for your utilities in San Diego?

I am moving to SD in a couple months and was wondering how much each of your utilities cost you each month and what kind of place you live in, house, apartment...

When I lived in a 2-bedroom apartment in Escondido (north San Diego County), I paid about $80-120 a month on my SDG&E bill each month. SDG&E is the gas and electric company for San Diego County, and what one person said is true: they do charge a lot. Before my husband and I got married, he had a studio apartment in Lakeside (east San Diego County) and he paid about $40-50 per month to SDG&E. We now live in a 3-bedroom condo in El Cajon (also East San Diego County) and we pay from $150-200 per month to SDG&E. My parents lived in a 4-bedroom house while they were alive (3 years ago) and they lived in Escondido (north San Diego County) and they paid about $200 per month). Now my parents had solar heat for their swimming pool and they had gas heat rather than electric. That makes a difference on cost. Their swimming pool motor used a lot of energy. My parents had a whole house fan that they ran instead of the air conditioner as much as possible in the summer, which also helped cut costs.

Basically, if you live in an apartment, you can expect to pay from $50-80 per month on your gas and electric bill, depending upon whether you have electric AND gas or electric only and depending upon how much you use your heater and/or air conditioner. If you live in a larger home, you can expect your monthly gas/electric bill to average from $150-200 or more per month. As for water, most apartments here pay for the water and trash. I've never owned a house here so I don't personally know how much it costs to pay for water and trash, but my parents paid about $50 a month, I believe for that service.

I forgot to mention that when you find a place you are considering moving into, you can call SDG&E and ask them to let you know what the average gas/electric cost was for the prior year. I believe they will tell you. Report It

Sorry, hun, I don't live there.

2000 square foot house -- about $250/mo.

San Diego utility company (SDG&E) is one of the highest charging utility companies in the nation.

One bedroom in downtown SD averages about $100/month.

If you run a heater/furnace when it's cooler or an air conditioner in the summer the costs can go way, way higher.

We pay an average of $50 in the winter time, $80-$120 in the summer time. We live in a small-ish 2 BR apartment in Point Loma -- one of the cooler climates in San Diego, and we use VERY little in the way of utilities...we even hand-wash our dishes rather than using our dishwasher! And that's JUST electricity; we have NO gas appliances in our unit, and hot water is provided by the complex.