Search for Frigidaire dehumidifier decibels and you will mostly find retailer pages that copy one figure. Frigidaire itself publishes more than that. Every current spec sheet we found gives a dBA figure for each fan speed, low and high, and medium on the three-speed models.
We read the spec sheet and use and care guide for every current Frigidaire dehumidifier sold in the US. Seven models carry a noise figure, from the 22-pint units to a 60-pint pump model. This page lists all seven, explains what Frigidaire's figures describe, and ranks each model only against others at the same fan speed.
Our picks are listed above, with full specifications for each.
Each spec sheet has a block of lines in the same form: "Noise Level dBA (Low) 43 dBA", then (Med) and (High) where the unit has them. So Frigidaire does two useful things that many makers skip. It says the figures are A-weighted, and it ties each one to a named fan speed.
What it does not say is how far from the unit the figure was taken, which test standard was used, or whether the compressor was running. Its spec sheets carry no note on any of that. So a Frigidaire figure is best used against another Frigidaire figure at the same speed, which is how we use it here.
One more thing to know about the labels. Four models have three fan speeds and three have two. "Low" on a two-speed unit is its slower speed, and "Low" on a three-speed unit is the slowest of three. Both are the setting you would choose at night, so we rank them together, but the three-speed models tend to have a slower low speed, and that shows in the figures.
On low fan speed, quietest first
- FHDD2234W1, 22 pints, Wi-Fi: 43 dBA.
- FHDD5034Y1, 50 pints, Wi-Fi: 47 dBA.
- FHDD2233Y1, 22 pints: 47.5 dBA.
- FHDD3534Y1, 35 pints, Wi-Fi: 48 dBA.
- FHDD5033Y1, 50 pints: 49 dBA.
- FHDP5033Y1, 50 pints, built-in pump, Wi-Fi: 49 dBA.
- FHDP6033W1, 60 pints, built-in pump: 53 dBA.
On medium fan speed (three-speed models only), quietest first
- FHDD2234W1: 46 dBA.
- FHDD5034Y1: 49 dBA.
- FHDD3534Y1: 50 dBA.
On high fan speed, quietest first
- FHDD2234W1 and FHDD2233Y1: 49 dBA each.
- FHDD3534Y1 and FHDD5034Y1: 51 dBA each.
- FHDD5033Y1 and FHDP5033Y1: 51.5 dBA each.
- FHDP6033W1: 57 dBA.
Six of the seven are in the ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers dataset, listed for the United States and Canada, with capacities under the Department of Energy test of 22.27 to 49.95 pints a day. The FHDP6033W1 is not: its own spec sheet says ENERGY STAR Certified: No. Its spec sheet and guide are also hosted on older Electrolux links, so it may be an older model that is still on sale.
We found no current Gallery dehumidifier. Frigidaire's North American dehumidifier listing and the ENERGY STAR dataset show none, so this page does not cover one.
What changes the noise between Frigidaire models
Fan speeds. The clearest pattern is between two-speed and three-speed units. The three-speed FHDD2234W1 drops 6 dBA from high to low. The two-speed FHDD2233Y1, in the same capacity, drops 1.5 dBA. On the spec sheets, the Wi-Fi model's low speed moves 97 CFM and the cheaper model's low speed moves 122 CFM, so the cheaper model's low is a faster fan. A slower fan is quieter, and it also dries more slowly.
Capacity. On high, size counts. Both 22-pint units list 49 dBA, every 35 and 50-pint unit lists 51 or 51.5, and the 60-pint unit lists 57. On low, the pattern breaks: the 50-pint FHDD5034Y1 lists 47 dBA, below the 35-pint model and the two-speed 22-pint model. Its low speed moves 174 CFM, against 197 CFM for the two-speed 50-pint models.
The pump. Frigidaire gives no separate figure for pumping. The FHDP5033Y1 with a pump and the FHDD5033Y1 without one list the same 49 and 51.5 dBA, and the same airflow, so on paper the pump adds nothing to the figure. The spec sheets do not describe the sound of the pump itself.
What the gaps mean
Decibels are logarithmic. Roughly every 10 dBA sounds about twice as loud. So the 14 dBA between the quietest figure here, 43 dBA on low, and the loudest, 57 dBA on high, is a large gap: the 60-pint unit on high should sound more than twice as loud as the 22-pint Wi-Fi model on low. The 4 dBA between the FHDD2234W1 and the next model on low is a gap most people would notice in a quiet bedroom. A gap of 0.5 or 1 dBA, with no distance stated, is a tie. Our decibel chart sets figures like these beside a fridge hum and normal conversation.
Frigidaire's quiet features, by their real names
Quiet mode. The use and care guides for the FHDD2234W1, FHDD3534Y1 and FHDD5034Y1 describe it in the same words: "The unit will run in low fan speed for the whole time and the unit will automatically set a comfortable humidity according to the indoor environment." They add that in this mode "the display will be off." That is the low-speed figure, held all night, with no light. We found no Quiet mode in the guides for the FHDD2233Y1, FHDD5033Y1, FHDP5033Y1 or FHDP6033W1.
Auto mode. On the three-speed models it is the factory setting, and the guides say the unit "will automatically set a comfortable humidity and fan speed according to the indoor environment." That means it can choose high. Use Quiet mode at night instead.
Quick mode and Turbo. On the two-speed FHDD2233Y1, FHDD5033Y1 and FHDP5033Y1, Quick mode runs "in continuous dehumidifying and High fan speed mode." On the FHDP6033W1, the Turbo button makes the unit "run in high fan speed to maximize the dehumidification speed." Both put the unit at its high-speed figure, so save them for when the room is empty.
Fan speed choice. Every guide we read except the FHDP6033W1's says "A higher fan speed will result in quicker moisture removal." That is the trade: the low-speed figure is the quiet one, and the room takes longer to dry.
Bucket full. Every Frigidaire guide we read says that when the bucket is full, "the unit will shut down and the BUCKET FULL indicator will illuminate." They describe a light, not an alarm. The FHDD2233Y1, FHDD5033Y1 and FHDP5033Y1 guides do describe 8 beeps, but for a different case: the bucket being removed while the unit is on. If the unit will run beside a bed, our guide to the quietest dehumidifier for a bedroom compares night modes and bucket alarms across brands.
Every Frigidaire guide we read lists the same normal sounds. Dripping water during the dehumidification cycle. The sound of rushing air being moved by the fan. A "gurgling or hissing" noise from refrigerant passing through the evaporator. And "Today's high efficiency compressors may have a high pitched chatter during the dehumidification cycle." None of these is part of the dBA figure, and the compressor starting and stopping is not described there either.
The guides also say the unit is designed to operate down to 41°F. In a cold basement, frost on the coils can make the compressor cycle on and off, which you will hear more than a steady fan.
How Frigidaire compares
This page ranks Frigidaire models only against each other. For how they sit among other brands on each maker's own published figures, see our guide to the quietest dehumidifiers. Frigidaire's habit of printing a figure for every fan speed makes it easier to compare like with like than a brand that gives one number with no speed, but no brand we have read states a measuring distance, so small gaps between brands mean little.
How we chose
We read Frigidaire's North American dehumidifier listing and checked the ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers dataset for every Frigidaire model sold in the US. We opened the spec sheet and the use and care guide for each model and recorded every noise figure in Frigidaire's words, with the fan speed it names. We ranked figures only against others at the same named speed. Frigidaire's US site did not load for us in October 2026, so prices shown come from our earlier checks of frigidaire.com where we have them, and we could not record a price for the other models.
We did not measure any of these dehumidifiers. Every figure here is Frigidaire's own, from its spec sheets and use and care guides, and Frigidaire states no measuring distance or test standard for any of them. Your room, your floor and where you put the unit will change what you hear.
