Best air conditioning installers in Broome and the Kimberley (2026)
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These are the best-rated air conditioning and refrigeration specialists working Broome and the West Kimberley, from Chinatown and the old streets around Roebuck Bay, out along the red pindan to Cable Beach, Minyirr and Gubinge, and across the newer estates at Bilingurr and Djugun. They are ranked on real Google reviews, not on who paid us. Broome is a remote tropical town at the far end of the state with only a small handful of genuine air-con installers, so this is a tight, honest list rather than a forced top 10, and we tell you exactly where the numbers get thin. Below it you will find what a split-system or a ducted reverse-cycle job actually costs up here in 2026, the red flags that tell you to hang up the phone, and a quick checklist to run before you let anyone drill through your wall. In the Kimberley the air con is not a luxury, it is what keeps your family safe through a build-up that can sit in the high thirties with brutal humidity for weeks, so getting the install right matters more than almost anywhere in the country.
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These spots are for Broome and Kimberley air con installers who want to stand out on this page. None are taken yet, so the full review-ranked list is right below. That ranking is earned off Google reviews and never for sale. Are you a local installer around Broome, Cable Beach or Bilingurr? Featured spots start at $50 a year.
Get a Featured spot ▸How we ranked these
- Google reviews do the ranking. We start with every installer’s live Google star rating and the number of reviews behind it, pulled fresh from Google Maps across Broome, Cable Beach and the West Kimberley.
- Rating, weighted by volume. A 5.0 from a handful of jobs is not proof yet, so we weight the score by review count. A proven rating from more customers is not beaten by a perfect score from one or two. That is why All Aussie Airconditioning and AJs Refrigeration & Air Conditioning sit clear at the top, on by far the two deepest dedicated air-con review bases in town, while the names behind them, on thinner counts, sit close together.
- A remote tropical market, so a short and honest list. Broome is roughly 2,200km north of Perth, at the far end of the state, and does not have the deep bench of dedicated air-con firms you get in the metro. Six genuine local installers clear the quality bar we usually hold, a real review base at four and a half stars or better on the weighting. Rather than pad the list to reach ten or drag in out-of-town names, we have ranked those six and named the other real local firm, the one with only a job or two on the board, honestly below rather than bury it.
- Licence matters. Split-system work handles refrigerant, so a legitimate installer holds an ARCtick (Australian Refrigeration Council) licence and uses a licensed electrician for the electrical connection. We tell you how to check both yourself in the checklist.
- Other trades and retailers left out. These searches also pull up auto air-con and radiator shops, appliance stores and solar specialists. They are real businesses, but they are not the house-call air-con installer you book, so we have kept them off this list along with any listing sitting below our rating floor, which we name honestly below rather than bury.
- Paid spots are labelled, and never jump the queue. When a business pays for a “Featured” spot it is marked as such. The review-based order below does not change to favour a payer. Right now, no spots are sold.
All Aussie Airconditioning
A perfect 5.0 held across 55 reviews is a remarkable sheet anywhere, and up here in a small market it is exceptional, which is exactly why the volume weighting puts All Aussie Airconditioning first. When a spotless rating holds up over that many Kimberley jobs, in heat and humidity and salt and red pindan dust that punish gear hard, it points to careful sizing, tidy cyclone-rated mounting and reliable after-service. They cover the full range, from a single bedroom split through to a whole-home ducted reverse-cycle fit-out, plus servicing, re-gas and repairs. This is the safe first call anywhere from Chinatown and Roebuck Bay out to Cable Beach, Minyirr and the newer estates at Bilingurr and Djugun.
View listing & contact ▸AJs Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
A 4.9 across 62 reviews is the single biggest review base of any air-con firm in Broome, and a hair behind All Aussie only because that 0.1 on the average tips the weighting by a whisker. Read those two as a genuine one-two rather than a clear gap: AJs carries the deepest proof in town, the sort of steady, detailed run of reviews that only comes from years of local jobs. As a combined refrigeration and air conditioning outfit they handle the cooling side and the fridge and cool-room side both, which is a practical strength in a town where good refrigeration trades are thin on the ground. Ring them for a quote alongside All Aussie and compare the two.
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4.4 (7)
A note on the ranking, and where it gets thin. All six firms above are genuine, review-bearing Broome air-conditioning contractors. All Aussie Airconditioning (5.0 across 55) and AJs Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (4.9 across 62) are the two clear leaders, sitting well clear of the pack on by far the deepest dedicated air-con bases in town, and we would treat them as a genuine one-two: All Aussie edges it on a perfect average, AJs carries the single biggest review count. Kimberley Climate Solutions (5.0 across 4), listed on Google as an HVAC contractor, is a clean number three, spotless but on a much thinner count. Then Millar Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services, Tropicool Refrigeration and Avery Airconditioning & Electrical Services are a genuine three-way tie, each sitting on an identical 4.4 across 7 reviews, so we have placed them fourth, fifth and sixth as an honest dead heat rather than pretend the weighting separates them. In a market this small, treat the whole list past the top two as a genuine starting point: read their recent reviews yourself and get a written quote. We list only real, review-bearing installers and never pad a list to hit ten. One more local name came up that we have not ranked: KELLY Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (5.0 across 2) is a real local firm, but with only two public reviews it sits below the three-review floor we hold before we will rank a business, so we have named it here rather than rank it on almost no proof. We have left off Red Dirt Auto Elec and Broome Auto Electrics and Air-Conditioning, both auto-electrical shops, a different trade, along with LP Air conditioning installation, which sits below the rating floor we hold for this page.
What air conditioning actually costs in Broome (2026)
Nobody likes ringing an installer blind on price. These are honest ballpark ranges for the common jobs around Broome, Cable Beach and the West Kimberley, GST and standard install included. They are a guide to keep you from being overcharged, not a quote. Air con pricing swings a fair bit on brand, capacity and how hard your place is to run pipe through, and Broome’s distance from the metro, the freight on the unit, the cyclone-rated mounting the coast demands, and travel out to Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek and the Dampier Peninsula all tend to sit jobs at the top of these ranges, so always get the work priced in writing before it starts.
| Job | Typical range | What pushes it up |
|---|---|---|
| Service, clean & check (split) | $180-$340 | Multiple units, heavy red-pindan dust clean, salt-corroded coils, mould from the wet-season humidity, travel out of town |
| Re-gas / refrigerant top-up | $260-$580 | Finding and fixing the leak first, larger systems, hard-run units through a long build-up |
| Fault find / no-cool call-out | $170-$340 | After-hours in the build-up, older systems, travel out to the Kimberley towns, parts freighted in on top |
| Supply & install split (2.5-3.5kW, bedroom) | $1,850-$3,200 | Premium brand, double-brick or block wall, long pipe run, freight on the unit, cyclone-rated mount |
| Supply & install split (5-7kW, living area) | $3,100-$5,600 | High ceilings, switchboard upgrade, heavy-duty unit sized for genuine Kimberley heat and humidity |
| Multi-head split (2-3 indoor heads) | $5,900-$11,200 | Number of heads, long pipe runs, brand, freight |
| Ducted reverse-cycle, whole home | $13,000-$28,000+ | Home size, zones, single vs three-phase, roof space and extra heat-rated capacity for the tropics |
| Add a zone / extra ducted outlet | $340-$800 | Ceiling access, damper and controller |
| Marine-grade / cyclone upgrade on the outdoor unit | $160-$680 | Coated coils for salt air, cyclone-rated brackets and mounting near the coast |
Broome is its own job, and one of the harshest in the country for air con. This is the remote tropical Kimberley coast, roughly 2,200km north of Perth, and the climate runs in two hard seasons. The build-up and wet, from around November to April, load the air with heavy monsoon humidity and bring the cyclone season with them, while even the dry-season days are warm. A system up here has to fight both heat and humidity for months on end, so installers size up, not down, and pick heavy-duty units built for the tropics. Reverse-cycle split and ducted systems are the sensible pick on this coast: evaporative cooling relies on dry air and struggles badly through a Kimberley wet, so it is far more at home on the dry inland stations than in town, which is why most Broome homes run refrigerated reverse-cycle and why we have kept the focus there. Salt and dust are the other local factors, and Broome cops both. Near the water at Cable Beach, Roebuck Bay and along the Dampier Peninsula, salt air eats condenser coils, so a good installer specifies coated, marine-grade coils and sites the outdoor unit to shelter it. Broome’s famous red pindan dust clogs coils and filters faster than a southern metro home, so expect to service more often and to screen the outdoor unit, and the wet-season humidity means mould in a neglected system is a real problem, so regular cleaning matters. And because the Kimberley coast is cyclone country, the outdoor unit must be mounted on cyclone-rated brackets so it does not become a projectile in a blow, that is not optional up here. Because Broome sits about as far from the metro depots as anywhere in WA, a local installer usually saves you the heavy travel loading and freight delay a Perth firm would add. A licensed installer should give you a fixed price or a not-to-exceed figure, in writing, before starting. If they cannot, that is a red flag (see below).
Don’t get ripped off: red flags
- No ARC licence for the refrigerant. Anyone installing or decommissioning a split-system handles refrigerant, and that legally requires an ARCtick (Australian Refrigeration Council) licence. The electrical connection also needs a licensed electrician. If they cannot give you an ARC number, walk away, no exceptions.
- No cyclone-rated mounting on the outdoor unit. The Kimberley coast is cyclone country, and the outdoor condenser must be fixed on cyclone-rated brackets so it stays put in a blow. An installer who mounts it on flimsy feet or standard brackets and never mentions the cyclone rating is cutting a corner that can cost you the unit, or worse, in the next big wet-season weather event.
- Ignoring the heat, the humidity, the salt and the pindan dust. Up here this matters more than almost anywhere. A good Kimberley installer sizes for a genuine tropical build-up rather than a mild southern day, specifies marine-grade coated coils near the coast, and sites the outdoor unit so red pindan dust does not choke it. An installer who never raises the heat, humidity, salt or dust will hand you a system that struggles through the wet and corrodes early.
- Quoting a system without sizing it. A good installer measures the room or home, ceiling height, window aspect and insulation, and sizes the kilowatts to suit the extreme local climate. “She’ll be right, we’ll put a 7kW in” without measuring gets you an over- or under-sized unit that either short-cycles or never wins the fight through a Broome build-up.
- A cheap “supply & install” that skips the electrical, the brackets or the freight. Suspiciously low quotes often leave out the isolator switch, cyclone-rated brackets, pipe covers, the electrical connection or the freight on the unit, then land you with the shortfall later. Get every inclusion in writing.
- Cash only, no receipt, no warranty paperwork. Manufacturer warranties (often five years) only stand if the unit is installed by a licensed installer with the paperwork to prove it. No paper, no warranty, and no comeback if it fails, which is a long way to sort out from the Kimberley.
Before you hire: quick checklist
- ARC licence. Confirm the installer holds a current ARCtick licence for refrigerant work, and that a licensed electrician does the electrical connection. Check the ARCtick number at arctick.org.
- Cyclone-rated mount. Ask how the outdoor unit will be fixed and confirm it is on cyclone-rated brackets. On the Kimberley coast this is not negotiable.
- Heat, humidity, salt and dust ready. Ask how they will size for a genuine tropical build-up, whether the coils are marine-grade coated for the salt air, and where the outdoor unit will sit so red pindan dust does not choke it. A Broome installer should raise this before you do.
- Insurance. Ask for current public liability cover, it protects your home if something goes wrong.
- Written quote. Itemised and in writing, including brand, model, kW capacity, freight, and whether the electrical, isolator and cyclone-rated mount are included, before work starts.
- Capacity sizing. They measured the space and sized the unit to it for the local heat and humidity, rather than eyeballing a number over the phone.
- Warranty. Confirm the manufacturer warranty is registered in your name and you get the installer’s workmanship warranty in writing.
- Recent reviews. Look for recent, specific reviews, which matter even more in a small market like this. A steady stream of detailed installs beats one old burst of them.
Frequently asked
How did you rank these installers?
By their live Google star rating and the number of reviews behind it, pulled from Google Maps across Broome, Cable Beach and the West Kimberley. We weight the rating by review volume so a proven score from more customers is not leapfrogged by a perfect score from one or two. All Aussie Airconditioning and AJs Refrigeration & Air Conditioning are the two clear leaders on by far the deepest air-con bases in town, Kimberley Climate Solutions is a clean third, and Millar, Tropicool and Avery are a genuine three-way tie behind them on identical sheets. All six are working air con contractors, not retailers or other trades.
Why only six, and why do some have so few reviews?
Because we will not invent businesses or reviews to fill a list. Broome is a remote tropical town at the far end of the state with genuinely few dedicated air-con firms, and several carry small review counts because it is a small market a long way from anywhere. Rather than pad the ranking with thin or out-of-area listings, we have ranked the six real specialists that clear our quality bar and named the other local firm, KELLY Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (a real business, but with only two public reviews so far), in our note above so you can see the whole field.
Are these paid placements?
No. This list is ordered on Google review data. Businesses can pay for a “Featured” spot at the top, which is clearly labelled, but paying never changes the review-based order below. As of this update, no spots are sold.
Reverse-cycle or evaporative in Broome?
In Broome, reverse-cycle wins, and it is not close. Evaporative cooling relies on dry air to work, and it struggles badly through the heavy humidity of a Kimberley build-up and wet season, so it is far more at home on the dry inland stations than in town. Refrigerated reverse-cycle, whether split or ducted, cools hard and reliably no matter how humid the air gets, which is why it is the standard fit up here. A good local installer will steer you to a properly sized reverse-cycle system rather than sell you evaporative that cannot cope with the wet.
What size air conditioner do I need?
As a rough guide, a bedroom might need 2.5 to 3.5kW, a medium living area 5 to 6kW, and an open-plan living and kitchen 7 to 9kW or more, but ceiling height, window size and aspect, and insulation all move that number, and Broome’s extreme heat and humidity mean you size up rather than down. West-facing rooms copping the afternoon sun push the load up hard, so do not guess it: a good installer measures the space and sizes the unit, because an over-sized system short-cycles and an under-sized one never quite wins through a Broome build-up.
Do I need a licensed installer?
Yes. Installing a split-system handles refrigerant, which legally requires an ARCtick licence, and the electrical connection must be done by a licensed electrician. DIY installs void the manufacturer warranty, can void your home insurance, and often leak refrigerant or trip out. Booking a licensed installer is the only way the warranty and the paperwork actually stand, which counts double when the nearest backup is a long way away.
How often is this page updated?
Monthly. Ratings and review counts move, new installers earn their spot, and we re-pull the data so the list stays honest and current.
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