---
title: "DEWA electricity and water slab tariff with this month's fuel surcharge and VAT, plus a monthly bill estimate for your kWh and water use (imperial gallons or m³) and the Dubai Municipality housing fee (5% of annual rent) if you give the rent."
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/dewa"
---

# DEWA electricity and water slab tariff with this month's fuel surcharge and VAT, plus a monthly bill estimate for your kWh and water use (imperial gallons or m³) and the Dubai Municipality housing fee (5% of annual rent) if you give the rent.

`GET /api/v1/dewa`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://prices.brainy.ae`
- URL: `https://prices.brainy.ae/api/v1/dewa`
- Auth: none declared

## Query parameters

- `kwh` number: Electricity per month in kWh.
- `water_gallons` number: Water per month in imperial gallons.
- `water_m3` number: Water per month in m³ (alternative to water_gallons).
- `annual_rent_aed` number

## Response `200`

Success. All money is AED; unknown values are null.

- object
  - `currency` 'AED', required
  - `observed_at` string, nullable, required
  - `stale` boolean, required
  - `source` object, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `url` string, nullable, required
  - `attribution` string, required
  - `open_in_browser` string, uri, required
  - `surcharge_month` string, nullable, required
  - `vat_percent` number, nullable, required
  - `electricity` object, required
  - `water` object, required
  - `housing_fee_rate_of_annual_rent` number, nullable, required
  - `bill` object, nullable, required
    - `kwh` number, nullable, required
    - `water_m3` number, nullable, required
    - `electricity_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `water_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `meter_service_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `subtotal_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `vat_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `housing_fee_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `total_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
  - `housing_fee_monthly_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
  - `typical` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `kwh` number, required
    - `m3` number, required
    - `monthly_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
  - `not_included` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request failed.
- `404`: Request failed.
- `405`: Request failed.
- `413`: Request failed.
- `422`: Request failed.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Retry-After gives seconds to wait.
- `503`: Request failed.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/brainy/apis/dubai-cost-of-living-brainy-prices.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/brainy/apis/dubai-cost-of-living-brainy-prices/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/brainy/apis/dubai-cost-of-living-brainy-prices/revisions/a548a841d58c?raw)