How the numbers on this site are made
Each figure carries its source, the date we checked it, and a label saying whether it is official or published by the trade.
Last checked
This site publishes 88 sourced figures and rules: 21 from official government sources and 67 from 4 named industry publishers. We do not estimate, average or round a number into existence.
The two kinds of figure
Official. Tax rates, electricity tariffs and legal rules come from the government's or utility's own page: the Ministry of Finance for UAE VAT, the Dubai Legislation Portal for tenancy law, the utilities for tariffs, and the UAE Government portal and the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology for the efficiency label. These are tagged "official" in each page's source list.
Industry-reported. No government publishes AC service prices, so these come from businesses that do. We name each one on the page and say what kind of business it is:
- Bestimate, a UAE quote-comparison marketplace that publishes price guides. It competes for the same customers this site hopes to serve, and its ranges summarise advertised prices rather than its own work.
- ServiceMarket, a booking platform whose pages show the prices it charges for set services.
- Barajeel Air Conditioning, a Dubai AC supplier that publishes its own contract prices and market benchmarks.
- GeeM Home, a Dubai maintenance provider that publishes a price guide.
Where we can, a price range sits next to at least one figure from a different publisher, so you can see how far they agree. Ranges are what businesses advertise, not what your particular home will be quoted.
What we will not do
- Turn a Dubai price into a Doha or Kuwait City price. Different market, different currency, no source.
- Average two sources into a number that neither published.
- Repeat a popular rule the law does not contain, such as a fixed money limit below which tenants pay for repairs.
- Publish fake reviews, invented case studies or testimonials.
- Take money to change a price.
How the figures stay current
Every figure has an expiry date. Before each update a script lists anything expired or close to it, and each one is rechecked at its source. A second script opens every source link and reports any that fail or now redirect somewhere else. Price guides get short expiry dates because advertised prices change often. Legal text and tariffs get longer ones.
Sources do change. In September 2026 one publisher rewrote its duct cleaning guide and replaced its size-by-size prices with two broad bands, so our guide changed with it.
Where the gaps are
Service prices are published for Dubai and Sharjah only. For Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Ajman, Doha, Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah, Kuwait City, Hawalli, Farwaniya and Ahmadi we have not verified a published price range, so the calculator shows a plain statement instead of a number. Electricity tariffs work differently because they come from the utilities themselves, which is why Qatar's tariff is covered. We have not yet verified Kuwait's. Tenancy rules outside Dubai and VAT outside the UAE are not covered.
How the site is paid for
We plan to pass quote requests to AC maintenance companies, which may pay us for the introduction. Requests are not open yet. This site may also show advertising. Ads never change our figures, introduction fees do not either, and nothing we publish is ranked by who pays.
Corrections
If a figure is out of date or a source has moved, tell us and we will recheck it. Operator details are published here before this site launches.
Nothing on this site is legal, tax or engineering advice. Your obligations and costs depend on your own contract, equipment and supplier.