Aqara

Aqara Temperature and Humidity Sensor T1

Cheap room-by-room readings, which is how you find out why one bedroom never cools.

ZigbeeBudget
Works with
Apple HomeAmazon AlexaGoogle HomeAqara Home
AED 110

Typical uae.modo.store price for the device, checked 19 Jul 2026. See the listing Installation is quoted separately after we check your property.

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Supplied, fitted and configured by our own Dubai team. We check compatibility with your property before you commit to anything.

Overview

What it is and where it fits

A small Zigbee sensor reporting temperature, humidity and air pressure, and the least expensive way to find out what is actually happening in each room. Most Dubai AC complaints turn out to be a distribution problem rather than a broken unit, and a hundred dirham sensor in the room that never cools produces evidence instead of an argument. Put one in each bedroom for a week and the pattern is usually clear: a west-facing room running four degrees warmer through the afternoon, or a guest room where the humidity climbs whenever the AC is off. Beyond diagnostics it is a useful automation trigger. Humidity above a threshold in a bathroom can run the extract fan, and a rising temperature reading can bring the AC on or close motorised curtains before a room heats up rather than after. It needs an Aqara hub, and the coin cell lasts a long time because a temperature reading is cheap to send. Accuracy is fine for room-level decisions. It is not a laboratory instrument, and if you place one in direct afternoon sun through glass it will read the sunbeam rather than the room.

  • Shows which room is genuinely hotter and by how much
  • Runs a bathroom extract fan on humidity rather than a timer
  • Triggers AC or curtains before a room overheats
  • Keeps a history you can look back through
Technical

Specifications

Model T1

ProtocolZigbee 3.0
Hub requiredYes, an Aqara hub
MeasuresTemperature, relative humidity and air pressure
ReportingContinuous logging with history in the Aqara app
PowerReplaceable coin cell, long life due to low reporting overhead
MountingAdhesive pad or free standing, away from direct sun and vents
Automation useTriggers AC, extract fans, dehumidifiers and curtains
Works withApple Home, Alexa, Google Home, Aqara Home via hub

In the box

  • Sensor
  • Adhesive pad
  • Coin cell battery
In Dubai homes

What to check before you order

Fitting one per bedroom for a fortnight is the cheapest diagnostic available before anyone spends money on AC work in a Dubai villa. It separates an undersized or unbalanced system from a room with poor shading or a leaking door seal, and either finding changes what you should buy next. Humidity readings are useful in coastal areas such as JBR, Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina, where indoor levels climb quickly whenever cooling is off and that is what leads to mould on wardrobe backs and around window reveals. Keep the sensor off exterior walls and out of direct sun through glass, or it reports the surface rather than the room.

Aqara in the UAE. Sold through several authorised UAE resellers rather than one exclusive distributor. Wide local stock and the broadest single-hub ecosystem available in UAE retail.

Answers

Questions about the Aqara Temperature and Humidity Sensor T1

How do I use this to solve a hot bedroom?
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Put one in the problem room and one in a room that cools properly, leave them a week, then compare the logs. A steady offset through the afternoon points at solar gain or a duct balance issue. A room that cools fine at night but not at 3pm is a shading problem, and motorised curtains or film will do more than AC work.
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Can it control my air conditioning directly?
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Not by itself. It provides the reading. Pair it with an infrared AC controller or a smart thermostat and the automation becomes possible: if this room passes twenty six degrees, start the AC. The sensor is the trigger, not the actuator.
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How accurate is it?
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Accurate enough for room-level decisions and automation thresholds, which is what it is for. It is not a calibrated instrument and it will not settle a dispute over a tenth of a degree. Placement affects the reading more than the sensor's own tolerance does, so keep it away from vents, lamps and sunlit surfaces.
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Installation

Fitted and configured by our Dubai team

We supply this as part of a working system rather than as a box. That means checking it suits your property first, fitting it properly, setting up the automations that make it useful, and showing your household how it works.

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