AC Service Cost in Dubai, Printed in Plain AED The Price List Most Companies Keep in a Drawer.

A proper single-split service, meaning coils checked, filters washed, drain flushed and pressures read rather than a wipe and a fragrance spray, runs AED 150 to 300 in most of Dubai. Multi-unit bookings bring the per-unit figure down meaningfully, which is why a whole apartment often costs less than three separate visits would. A full deep clean, covering the chemical wash of both coils, the blower and the drain system, runs AED 250 to 450 per unit. Anything dramatically below these figures is usually buying a shorter checklist, not a better deal.

Most repairs land between AED 200 and 800 once diagnosed, because most failures are start components, sensors, drainage and electrical connections rather than major parts. The call-out and diagnosis charge of AED 150 to 300 is credited in full against the work when you proceed, so diagnosis is effectively free for everyone who repairs. Major component failures run higher: fan motors AED 350 to 800, control boards AED 400 to 1,200, and compressor replacement AED 1,200 to 3,500. Every figure is quoted in writing before a tool comes out of the bag.

A full R32 or R410A recharge on a residential split typically runs AED 150 to 450 depending on system size and how much refrigerant the leak spared, while R22 for older systems costs more per kilo because the gas is being phased out worldwide. Be careful with per-visit teaser prices here: gas leaves through leaks, so a refill without leak detection and repair is a subscription, not a service. Our gas refilling page explains why the leak test comes first and the scales come always.

Labour for a standard split installation starts near AED 500 per unit, and supply-and-install packages for quality inverter splits typically land between AED 2,200 and AED 4,500 per room depending on brand and capacity. Full villa systems span roughly AED 15,000 to AED 60,000 with size and specification. The number to interrogate in any quote is what it includes: piping per metre, drainage, vacuum and pressure testing, and commissioning readings. The installation guide breaks down every line so you can compare quotes like for like.

Apartments mostly land between AED 500 and 1,200 and villas between AED 1,200 and 3,500, driven by vent count, duct length and access rather than by postcode. Mould remediation, when the inspection camera finds it, is scoped and quoted separately before work starts. Camera footage before and after is included in our price because duct work is invisible and invisible work deserves evidence. Full details, including how often ducts genuinely need cleaning, live on the duct cleaning page.

Our apartment AMC plans start from AED 500 per unit annually for three scheduled visits, with a multi-unit ladder that brings each additional unit in cheaper; a three-bedroom apartment with three splits budgets around AED 1,300 a year. Villa plans run four visits and scale with duct length and unit count. Contract customers also get priority breakdown response and repair discounts, which is where the arithmetic usually tips: one avoided emergency call-out roughly covers the premium over pay-as-you-go servicing. The AMC page shows the worked examples.

Yes, and we publish it: AED 150 to 300 depending on district, which includes the full instrument diagnosis, and it is credited against the repair when you proceed. Emergency timing carries published supplements too, AED 100 between 10 PM and 7 AM and AED 50 on Friday mornings, identical in August to what they are in January. What we do not do is the free-visit trick, where the call-out cost hides inside an inflated parts price and honesty becomes impossible to verify.

Because the word service has no fixed contents. One company’s AED 60 service is twelve minutes, a filter rinse and a fragrance spray; another’s AED 250 visit includes chemical coil condition checks, drain flushing, electrical inspection and gauge readings, performed by a licensed technician who is insured to be on your property. Labour quality, genuine versus copy parts, insurance and whether the company will exist next year to honour its warranty all live inside the price. Compare checklists and warranties, not just totals.

As a rule, the discount is real and so is the missing work; you just cannot see which work is missing until summer finds it. The classic pattern is the cheap service that skips the drain flush, followed by the August ceiling stain, or the bargain gas top-up with no leak test, repeated every ten weeks. We built this price list precisely so owners can see what honest work costs and judge the gap. When a quote sits far below every range on this page, the difference is being subtracted from somewhere that matters.

Four honest levers. Book servicing in spring rather than mid-July, when calendars are calm and your system enters summer at full efficiency. Bundle work: multi-unit visits and coil-plus-duct pairings share the call-out cost. Prevent rather than repair: a AED 200 annual service is the cheapest insurance the most expensive component in your home will ever get. And fix leaks instead of refilling over them, because repeat symptoms are the most expensive subscription in air conditioning. None of these require buying cheap work; they require timing and sense.