# Must a Phoenix landlord keep my rental cool? | Who Pays the Repair?

> Phoenix City Code 39-5 requires rental cooling to reach 82 degrees or below with air conditioning, or 86 degrees with evaporative cooling.

**Who pays:** landlord

In Phoenix, city code requires rental units with installed cooling to cool rooms to 82 degrees or below (air conditioning) or 86 degrees or below (evaporative), measured three feet above the floor.

**Boundary:** Phoenix City Code 39-5 requires rental housing units where cooling systems are installed to cool habitable rooms, bathrooms and flushing toilet rooms to no more than 82 degrees Fahrenheit with air conditioning or 86 degrees with evaporative cooling. The City describes the ordinance as requiring landlords to provide reasonable cooling.

## Sources
- [City of Phoenix Cooling Ordinance flyer (Phoenix City Code, Chapter 39-5)](https://www.phoenix.gov/content/dam/phoenix/heatsite/documents/6-3-22%20cooling%20ordinance%20flyer%20english%20and%20spanish_-combined.pdf) — "Did you know there is a city ordinance that requires landlords to provide reasonable cooling to rental housing units?" (accessed 2026-10-15)
- [Phoenix City Code 39-5 Electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems; health and safety conditions](https://phoenix.municipal.codes/CC/39-5) — "Every rental housing unit where such systems are installed shall have cooling capable of safely cooling all habitable rooms, bathrooms and flushing toilet rooms to a temperature no greater than 86 degrees Fahrenheit, if cooled by evaporative cooling, or 82 degrees Fahrenheit, if cooled by air conditioning." (accessed 2026-10-15)
- [Phoenix City Code 39-5 Electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems; health and safety conditions](https://phoenix.municipal.codes/CC/39-5) — "Temperature measurements shall be taken at a distance three feet above the floor in the center of the room. Required cooling shall be provided by permanently installed cooling facilities." (accessed 2026-10-15)

_Last verified 2026-10-15. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/phoenix-az-rental-cooling-ordinance/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._