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It is approximately correct as long as the temperature deltas are approximately the same for heating vs cooling.

(And as long as we're dispelling generalizations: Those deltas do vary wildly based on local climate, such that they're impossible to generalize and typify.

For instance: The city of Saint Paul, Minnesota [USA] has a very different climate compared to the city of São Paulo in Brazil, with accordingly-different heating/cooling deltas.

https://weatherspark.com/h/y/10422/2025/Historical-Weather-d...

https://weatherspark.com/h/y/30268/2024/Historical-Weather-d... )



Well, in that case, you don’t need a heat pump. You need a sweater and an AC.

The real advantage of heat pumps is in displacing high cost fuels.




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