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2.5 kW Air conditioners: Energy Use & Running Costs

320 currently registered air conditioners have a rated cooling capacity from 2.25 kW up to 3 kW (the band around the marketed 2.5 kW size), covering 549 model numbers.

Registered models
320
549 model numbers
Median annual electricity use
564 kWh
cold 1,020 · hot 603
Median estimated running cost
$180 / year
middle half: $157 to $255
Median cooling star rating
3.5
range 0.0 to 7.0

Mixed climate zone, residential profile, one entry per registration. Lowest annual use in the set: 125 kWh; highest: 2,278 kWh.

Star rating distribution

Cooling star ratings, 2.5 kW air conditioners (320 registrations, cooling stars, mixed zone). Click a bar to list models with at least that rating.

Lowest annual electricity use

Reverse cycle

  1. Midea MFEP26VB-W/MFEP26VB-N 404 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.63 kW
  2. Actron Air WRC-026DS / WRE-026DS 404 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.63 kW
  3. Midea MFEP26VA-W/MFEP26VA-N 405 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.6 kW
  4. Actron Air WRC-026CS / WRE-026CS 410 kWh, 6.5 stars, 2.65 kW
  5. Rinnai HONRJX25/HINRJX25 416 kWh, 7 stars, 2.65 kW
  6. Pioneer International HPR-09A2 418 kWh, 4 stars, 2.5 kW

Cooling only

  1. Rinnai HONCJ26B1 / HINCJ26B1 125 kWh, 7 stars, 2.64 kW
  2. Hitachi RAC-DJ25PCAT/RAK-DJ25PCAT 141 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW
  3. Daikin RKM25YVMA / FTKM25YVMA 143 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW
  4. Daikin RKM25QVMA / FTKM25QVMA 145 kWh, 5.5 stars, 2.5 kW

All 2.5 kW air conditioners (361)

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2.5 kW air conditioners
ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-AP25VG2/MSZ-AP25VGD2Split system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr5.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGD/MSZ-LN25VG2VSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VG2/MSZ-LN25VG2VSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VG2/MSZ-LN25VG2BSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGD/MSZ-LN25VGD SeriesSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGD/MSZ-LN25VGDBSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VG2/MSZ-LN25VG2RSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VG2/MSZ-LN25VGDRSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGD/MSZ-LN25VG2RSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VG2/MSZ-LN25VG2 SeriesSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VG2/MSZ-LN25VGDVSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGD/MSZ-LN25VGDRSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGD/MSZ-LN25VG2BSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VG2/MSZ-LN25VGDBSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGD/MSZ-LN25VGDVSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling493 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGHZ2/MSZ-LN25VGDRSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling495 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGHZ2/MSZ-LN25VGD SeriesSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling495 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGHZ2/MSZ-LN25VG2BSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling495 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGHZ2/MSZ-LN25VG2RSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling495 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGHZ2/MSZ-LN25VG2VSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling495 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGHZ2/MSZ-LN25VGDVSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling495 kWh/yr4.5$158
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-LN25VGHZ2/MSZ-LN25VGDBSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling495 kWh/yr4.5$158
Panasonic CU-HZ25DKR / CS-HZ25DKRSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling496 kWh/yr5$159
TECO TWS-TSO26H3DVHASplit system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Kogan KASHSAC26U*Split system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Kogan KASHSAC26UASplit system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Aux ASW-H27A4/FAR3DISplit system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Rinnai HONRVX25 / HINRVX25Split system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Kogan KASHSAC26UCSplit system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Kogan KASHSAC26UBSplit system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Akai AK-TP26MSplit system2.9 kW heating2.6 kW cooling497 kWh/yr5$159
Westinghouse WSD27HWC-E / WSD27HWC-ISplit system3.3 kW heating2.7 kW cooling498 kWh/yr6$159
Panasonic CU-HZ25YKR / CS-HZ25YKRSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling498 kWh/yr4.5$159
LG AH09S1U / AH09S1NSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling500 kWh/yr5$160
Hitachi RAC-P25YHAB/RAS-P25YHABSplit system3.3 kW heating2.5 kW cooling501 kWh/yr5$160
Haier 1U25MAEFRA / AS25QCEHRASplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling502 kWh/yr7$161
Hitachi RAC-DJ25PHAT/RAK-DJ25PHATSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling503 kWh/yr5$161
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZTA-W/SRK25ZTA-WFTSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling505 kWh/yr5$162
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZTA-W/SRK25ZTA-WFBSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling505 kWh/yr5$162
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZTA-W* / SRK25ZTA-WF*Split system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling505 kWh/yr5$162
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZTA-WB/SRK25ZTA-WFTSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling505 kWh/yr5$162
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZTA-WB/SRK25ZTA-WFSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling505 kWh/yr5$162
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRC25ZTA-WB/SRK25ZTA-WFBSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling505 kWh/yr5$162
Fujitsu AOTG09KMTC/ASTG09KMTCSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling506 kWh/yr5$162
Daikin RXV25WVMA / FTXV25WVMASplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling507 kWh/yr5.5$162
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-AP25VG/MSZ-AP25VGKDSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling511 kWh/yr5$164
Samsung Electronics AR09BXEABWKX/ AR09BXEABWKNSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling511 kWh/yr5$164
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-AP25VG/MSZ-AP25VGDSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling511 kWh/yr5$164
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-AP25VGD/MSZ-AP25VGKDSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling511 kWh/yr5$164
Mitsubishi Electric MUZ-AP25VGD/MSZ-AP25VGDSplit system3.2 kW heating2.5 kW cooling511 kWh/yr5$164
2.5kW Air conditioners: Energy Use & Running Costs