AC replacement
$7,100
Typical for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home. Most jobs run $4,800–$10,550.
All of Florida
Florida
HVAC prices in Orlando
$7,100
AC replacement typical, 1,500–2,500 sq ft
1995
Median home built Census ACS
Most AC replacement quotes here land between $4,800 and $10,550. Every figure is local: wages, prices, climate and permits for the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area.
The median home here was built in 1995; 6% heat with gas and 91% with electricity (Census ACS). Photo: Connor Scott McManus on Pexels.
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What HVAC costs in Orlando, in four figures
Prices, wages and weather for this metro, against the other metros in the state.
HVAC technician wage
$25/hr
Median hourly pay here against $29.33 for the US (BLS OEWS). Labor is a third of a typical install.
Hot days a year
111≥90°F
3,600 cooling and 518 heating degree days in a normal year, 1991–2020 (NOAA).
HVAC companies
967
9.5 for every 10,000 homes (Census County Business Patterns). More competition tends to mean tighter quotes.
Where Orlando sits among Florida's metros
- AC replacement, typical
- $7,100
- HVAC wage, median
- $25/hr
- Days at 90°F or hotter
- 111 days
- Electricity
- 16.6¢
HVAC technician pay
Half the 5,140 HVAC techs in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro earn more than $24.74 an hour ($51,460 a year), 9% below the Florida median. Shops here bill that hour at about $95 in our price model.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025; billable rate from the HVACFIND price model.
HVAC technician salary in Orlando$24.74
Median hourly pay for HVAC technicians in Orlando
Replace or install
New systems in Orlando
Typical installed prices for a 1,500–2,500 sq ft home, with the range most quotes fall in.
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$4,800–$10,550 typical $7,100
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$7,200–$14,000 typical $10,050
- 3-ton home
- 1–2 days
- Permit
$3,900–$6,700 typical $5,100
Local factors
What moves the price in Orlando
The same four facts on every place page, so two places read side by side compare the same rows.
Climate
Zone 2A
Cooling degree days per year, 1991–2020 normals. More means longer AC runtime and wear.
3,600
Hot days
Days at 90°F or hotter
Including 0 days at 100°F or more, on average.
111
Electricity
Duke Energy Florida, LLC
Residential rate. It sets what an efficient system saves you each year.
16.6¢
Permit
Required for a replacement
Homeowners may pull it; contractors usually do.
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Repair and service
Repairs and tune-ups
Visit, diagnosis and the common repair, at local rates.
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$280–$440 typical $350
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$300–$470 typical $370
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$90–$200 typical $130
- Typical home
- Same day
- No permit
$350–$560 typical $440
Nearby
Florida's other metros
Prices move with local wages, weather and permit fees. Press a metro for its own page.
111
Days a year at 90°F or hotter in Orlando, on 1991–2020 normals.
$7,450Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach · 6,249,291 people
$7,100Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater · 3,304,691 people
$7,300Jacksonville · 1,683,960 people
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