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Electricity-cost calculators for United Arab Emirates

Use UAE dirhams, your own tariff, and device-specific operating models—without pretending one national average fits every household.

Billing context

Use the rate that changes with consumption.

Tariffs differ by emirate, customer category, consumption slab, and applicable fuel surcharge. Dubai's DEWA tariff is not a universal UAE rate.

How to enter your rate

Use the marginal slab rate plus the current fuel surcharge shown by your electricity authority, expressed in AED per kWh. Account for VAT if it is not already included.

Check Dubai Electricity and Water Authority slab tariff ↗

AED calculator

Start with any appliance.

The energy calculation works without a tariff. Enter your bill's per-kWh rate to convert energy into local cost.

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Your scenario

Change any value. Results update instantly.

Active runtime accounts for cycling. Use 100% for devices that draw the rated power continuously.

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Your reading

Planning estimate · based on your inputs
Estimated monthly costEnter your rate

Use the per-kWh energy charge from your latest electricity bill.

Per day—
Per active hour—
Per year—
Energy / month14.6 kWh

FormulakW × runtime × tariff

Month52 weeks ÷ 12

Data qualitySelf-entered estimate

Local high-intent tools

Built for United Arab Emirates

These pages combine the device model with local billing structure, a current source, and market-specific checks.

Local calculator

Air conditioner

Cooling is a dominant warm-season load, and Dubai slab progression, monthly fuel surcharge, VAT, dwelling heat gain, and thermostat setting all affect cost.

Calculate local cost ↗Local calculator

Water heater

Electric water-heating cost depends on element power, storage losses, household demand, and the DEWA consumption slab occupied by the whole property.

Calculate local cost ↗Local calculator

Refrigerator

High ambient temperature, ventilation around the appliance, door opening, frost, and total-home slab pricing can increase refrigerator running cost.

Calculate local cost ↗

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Calculation standards

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HowEnergy, tariff, and behavioural assumptions stay separate so readers can replace one input without hiding the others.

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