Window Air Conditioner Europe Buying Guide 2026
It’s July 2026. Spain just reported 327 heat-related deaths during a June that broke every temperature record on file — southern regions hit 45°C (113°F). France saw 43.8°C in the west. The UK just had its hottest June day in history. Europe is warming at twice the global average rate, and the WHO estimates heat kills 175,000 Europeans every year. And yet only about 20% of European homes have air conditioning. The reason isn’t that Europeans inexplicably enjoy sweating through 40-degree nights. It’s that for 60% or more of European homes — many of which are century-old buildings — installing a traditional split-system air conditioner with an external condenser unit is either illegal, impossibly expensive, or both. ...