Melbourne, VIC . price report
Air Conditioning Installation cost in Melbourne
Split system installation is the standard for Australian homes: unit plus install typically lands between $1,200 and $4,500 depending on size and pipe run.
See also: Electrician Rates cost, Hot Water System Replacement cost, Roofing and Gutters cost.
The national ranges below are the honest baseline for Melbourne: no published Melbourne-specific figures met our sourcing bar, so local quotes land inside these bands, with VIC labour rates and disposal fees the main local variables. This edition therefore points at the national Air Conditioning Installation report as the canonical version until a sourced Melbourne figure lands.
Price ranges by job#
Figures are GST-inclusive guides compiled from published Australian cost sources. Bars sit on a shared log-scale axis (declared on the chart), so per-unit rates and whole-job prices read together; colour marks the position, money-green at the value end to ochre at the premium end.
- Split system supplied and installed$1,200 to $4,500
- Mid-tier 5kW back-to-back install$1,800 to $2,800
- Labour only (straightforward install)$600 to $1,200
- Extra pipe run beyond 3m$100 per metre
What moves your quote in Melbourne#
- 01Unit capacity in kW for the room size
- 02Back-to-back install versus long pipe runs
- 03Double-storey installs and difficult access
- 04Electrical upgrades if the circuit cannot carry the load
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Aircon providers in Melbourne
A H Airconditioning & Heating
Aircon services, VIC.
A&S Refrigeration & Aircon
Aircon services, VIC.
A1 Aircontrol
Aircon services, VIC.
AAA Airconditioning
Aircon services, VIC.
ABL Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services
Aircon services, VIC.
Absolute Airflow Heating and Cooling
Independent Melbourne business with 20 years experience supplying, installing and repairing split systems, ducted air conditioning, hydronic and gas ducted heating across the northern and eastern suburbs. Listed from web research.
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Common questions#
What size split system do I need?
Roughly 1kW of cooling per 10 square metres of well-insulated space: a 2.5kW unit suits a bedroom, 5kW a living area, 7 to 9kW for open plan spaces.
What is a back-to-back installation?
The indoor and outdoor units sit on opposite sides of the same wall with a short pipe run. It is the cheapest install; every extra metre of piping adds cost.
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Sources#
Checked against these sources on 8 July 2026.