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Retail price history
USD per 1 window air conditioner · 12 tracked city areas
$221.65 – $234.07
Latest city range · 1 window air conditioner · USD
Lowest to highest across 12 cities-0.8%
Index change · month over month
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Price (USD)
Daily city prices for one window air conditioner rated below 8,000 BTU.
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A six-category air-conditioner basket spanning portable, window, through-wall, and mini-split units across capacity bands.
air conditioner retail composite
Prices are standardized to 1 window air conditioner and expressed in U.S. dollars. The lighter band shows the outer 5th-to-95th-percentile price range. The darker band shows the 25th-to-75th-percentile range. The index line uses our price index formula. The headline range compares the lowest and highest city index values on the latest observation date. Changes in the mix of observed products can also affect the index. Charts can also show lower band, medium band and upper band.
CostInflation, "Window AC Prices, Under 8,000 BTU" [window_ac_under_8k_btu], CostInflation price history, https://costinflation.com/indices/window-ac-under-8000-btu-prices.
Latest observation: Oct 14, 2026. Updated: Oct 14, 2026. Coverage: Cities.
Build your basket → to compare what your own items and quantities cost in each city.
Let's read an egg-price chart using ninety days of illustrative data. Under Locations, choose View only beside one city. Keep Units set to Price. The chart shows dollars per dozen over time. Move along it to inspect a date and its values.
The line labelled Index is the summary price. The darker band shows the middle half of prices. Select the lighter band in the legend to see a wider range, from the fifth to the ninety-fifth percentile.
Add another city to compare its line, or change the time range to inspect a different period. Always read the dates and units beside the chart.
To compare eggs with other items as one total, open Receipt Builder.
This walkthrough uses Egg Price per Dozen. Available chart views vary by index.
Add costinflation.com as a preferred source for price-index updates.