Model
Midea MAW06V1UWT
Rank #10 means 9 of the 404 room air conditioner models we track cost less to run each year; the 95th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 95% of those models.
What does the Midea MAW06V1UWT cost to run per year?
Do the math and the Midea MAW06V1UWT's $55/yr running cost puts it at rank #10 of 404, among the least expensive room air conditioner models we track to keep running. It uses 37% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $88/yr to run, a saving of roughly $33 a year. Size-adjusted, this model beats 95% of room air conditioner models we track on efficiency, a standout even among the class's efficient models. Its CEER of 15.1 reflects combined energy efficiency ratio, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Midea MAW06V1UBL at $55/yr runs a little cheaper and the Midea MWAUQB-06CRFN8-BCN11 at $55/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A room air conditioner typically stays in service for somewhere around 10 years; over that span, the Midea MAW06V1UWT's $55/yr adds up to roughly $550 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Midea MAW06U1QWT.
By the numbers
The Midea MAW06V1UWT normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $55/yr, here is what the Midea MAW06V1UWT adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Midea MAW06V1UWT costs about $550. That is roughly $330 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $880 over the same ten years.
How the Midea MAW06V1UWT compares
The room air conditioner class we track runs from $51 to $389 a year. At $55/yr, it runs about $44 a year cheaper than the class median of $99, and it is about $4 a year more than the cheapest room air conditioner to run at $51. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $88/yr, the Midea MAW06V1UWT uses 37% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 6000 BTU/hr, the Midea MAW06V1UWT is a small room air conditioner for its class, which spans 5000 to 34100 BTU/hr with a median of 10100 BTU/hr, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is. Beyond size, its CEER of 15.1, above the class median of 15, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy efficiency ratio, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- Combined Energy Efficiency Ratio (CEER). Two units with the same BTU rating can post very different running costs, and CEER is the figure that explains most of that gap.
- BTU cooling capacity. BTU rating scales with room size, and it is usually the first driver of an air conditioner's running cost, ahead of its CEER figure.
- Thermostat and mode usage. How the unit is actually operated, thermostat cycling versus a fixed setting, moves real electricity use more than the rated BTU or CEER figure alone.
Common questions
Is the Midea MAW06V1UWT cheap to run?
Yes. Its $55/yr running cost puts it at rank #10 of 404, below what most room air conditioner models we track cost to run.
How much does the Midea MAW06V1UWT cost per month?
About $4.61 a month, which is the $55 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 298 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $55 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Midea MAW06V1UWT for its size?
95th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Midea MAW06V1UBL6000 BTU/hr | $55 |
| 12 | Midea MAW06V1QWT6000 BTU/hr | $55 |
| 11 | Midea MAW06V1QWBL-T6000 BTU/hr | $55 |
| 10 | Midea MAW06U1QWT6000 BTU/hr | $55 |
| 9 | Lg LW6023IVSM6000 BTU/hr | $54 |
Source
ES_1132323_MAW06V1UWT_09152025123819_80268567View certified room air conditioner listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Midea and MAW06V1UWT are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.