The effects of air temperature, velocity and humidity on drying characteristics of kiwi are experimentally investigated for the temperatures in the range of 50–80 °C, of the velocities 0.5–2.0 m/s, of the relative humidity values of 5–20 % and for two slice thicknesses. It is observed that there is a very close agreement between the model of Midilli et al. (Dry Technol 20:1503–1513, 2002) and the present study with coefficients of correlation R² of 0.9949–0.9996.