Humidifier target humidity

The Humidifier target humidity condition passes when a humidifier entityAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more]’s target humidity setting meets a threshold you define. The target humidity is the setpoint you configure on the device, not the actual current humidity reading from its sensor. For example, you can use it to turn on a ventilation fan when the humidifier is set to 70% or above.

When you target more than one humidifier, the condition’s Condition passes if option controls how the check combines results. You can require any targeted humidifier to meet the threshold, or demand that all of them do.

Using this condition from the user interface

If you prefer building automations visually, Home Assistant walks you through this condition step by step. You pick what to check, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To use Humidifier target humidity in an automation:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. In the And if section, select Add condition.
4. Select what you want to check. Under By target (see Targets), pick the area your humidifier is in (like your bedroom or living room). You can also select a device, a specific entity, or a label.
5. From the conditions shown for that target, select Humidifier target humidity.
6. Under Threshold type, set the comparison direction (Above, Below, In range, or Outside range) and the threshold value.
   • Choose Number to enter a fixed humidity percentage between 0 and 100, or Entity to use a humidity sensor or input number as the threshold.
7. Under Condition passes if (see Behavior), pick Any or All to control how the check behaves when multiple humidifiers are targeted.
8. Under For at least, set how long the humidifier must have been at the threshold before the condition passes. Leave it at zero to pass immediately.
9. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this condition in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, Humidifier target humidity is referred to as humidifier.is_target_humidity. A basic example looks like this:

condition: humidifier.is_target_humidity
target:
  entity_id: humidifier.bedroom
options:
  threshold:
    above: 50

This passes when the bedroom humidifier’s target humidity is set above 50%.

Options in YAML

Targets of the condition

This condition requires a target. The target is the object that Home Assistant will check. You can point the condition at a single entityAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more], a device, an area, a floor, or a label, and Home Assistant will evaluate every matching humidifier entity behind that target.

• Entity: one specific humidifier entity, such as humidifier.living_room.
• Device: every humidifier entity that belongs to a device.
• Area: every humidifier entity in a room or area.
• Floor: every humidifier entity on a floor.
• Label: every humidifier entity that shares a label.

You can also select different target types in one condition. For example, you can add a specific entity and an area as targets in the same condition to check both of them at once.

Behavior with multiple targets

When you target more than one entity (or select an area, floor, or label that contains several), the Condition passes if option controls how the results combine:

• Any (default): the condition passes if at least one of the targeted entities matches. For example, if you check three smoke sensors and only one of them detects smoke, the condition still passes. This is useful for questions like “is there smoke anywhere in the house?”
• All: the condition passes only when every targeted entity matches. For example, if you check the same three smoke sensors, the condition passes only once all three report cleared. This is useful for “is the entire house safe now?” checks, so your automation does not send an all-clear while one room still has a reading.

Good to know

• This condition checks the humidifier’s target humidity setpoint, not the actual measured humidity in the room. To react to the measured humidity, use a sensor-based numeric condition instead.
• Humidifiers that are unavailable (unavailable) or have an unknown state (unknown) are skipped for Any and fail for All.
• Target humidity is expressed as a percentage. The valid range depends on the device, but is typically between 20% and 90%.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Go to Settings > Automations & scenes, open an automation, and add this condition. Trigger the automation with and without the condition met, and watch whether it continues or stops.

More examples

Real scenarios where this condition gates an automation. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: turn on the ventilation fan when the humidifier is set high

When the bedroom humidifier’s target humidity is set to 70% or above, turn on the ventilation fan to reduce the risk of condensation. This keeps air circulating whenever the humidifier is running at a high setting.

• Trigger: State change of the bedroom humidifier’s humidity attribute
• Condition: Humidifier target humidity (70% or above)
• Target: Bedroom humidifier
• Condition passes if: Any
• Action: Switch: Turn on ventilation fan

alias: "Ventilation fan on when humidifier target is high"
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: humidifier.bedroom
    attribute: humidity
conditions:
  - condition: humidifier.is_target_humidity
    target:
      entity_id: humidifier.bedroom
    options:
      threshold:
        above: 70
      behavior: any
actions:
  - action: switch.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: switch.ventilation_fan

Still stuck?

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Related conditions

These conditions work well alongside this one:

• Humidifier is on: Tests if one or more humidifiers are on.

• Humidifier is humidifying: Tests if one or more humidifiers are humidifying.

• Humidifier is drying: Tests if one or more humidifiers are drying.