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Is Evaporative Cooling Right for Your Area?

Evaporative cooling is excellent in some Australian cities and a poor fit in others. Check yours directly rather than guessing from a generic buying guide.

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Not near one of these? Check your area's actual Bureau of Meteorology summer humidity average rather than guessing — under 40% and evaporative cooling works well, above 50% expect a real drop in performance, above 70% expect it to barely cool the room at all.

How this works

This checks your city against typical summer humidity, since that's the one factor that actually determines whether evaporative cooling works well — not price, brand, or tank size. Under roughly 40% humidity it performs close to its best; above 50% expect a real drop in performance; above 70% expect it to barely cool the room at all.

These are typical averages, not a forecast for any specific day — a hot, dry afternoon and a humid, overcast one can call for opposite verdicts even within the same city, so treat this as a starting point rather than the final word for your exact street.

For the full picture on why humidity matters this much, see our evaporative cooling climate guide.