A dehumidifier comprising: dehumidification means configured to remove moisture contained in the air; air blowing means configured to suck the air in a room and blow out dry air obtained by causing the sucked air to pass through the dehumidification means into the room; wind direction changing means configured to change the blowing-out direction of the dry air; humidity detection means configured to detect humidity in the room; temperature detection means configured to detect temperature of the air in the room; surface temperature detection means configured to detect surface temperature in the room within a predetermined range; and control means configured to control the wind direction set by the wind direction changing means and the temperature detection means; wherein the surface temperature detection means is configured so as to detect a temperature at a surface substantially of the same direction as the blowing-out direction of the dry air, and wherein the control means is configured to identify a range in which objects to be dried, such as wet clothes, are placed based on the surface temperature detected by the surface temperature detection means within the predetermined range, control the wind direction changing means so as to blow the dry air from the air blowing means toward the identified range, and control the wind direction changing means not to blow the dry air from the air blowing means to a range in which it has been detected that no object to be dried is placed, characterized in that the control means is configured to identify, based on a surface temperature detected by the surface temperature detection means, a range which is an aggregate of a plurality of areas in which objects to be dried, such as wet clothes, are placed in the predetermined range, and when the range has been identified in a plurality of numbers, control the wind direction changing means so as to perform air blowing sequentially beginning with a range in which the surface temperature is lowest or with a range in which the areas are largest in number. dehumidification means configured to remove moisture contained in the air; air blowing means configured to suck the air in a room and blow out dry air obtained by causing the sucked air to pass through the dehumidification means into the room; wind direction changing means configured to change the blowing-out direction of the dry air; humidity detection means configured to detect humidity in the room; temperature detection means configured to detect temperature of the air in the room; surface temperature detection means configured to detect surface temperature in the room within a predetermined range; and control means configured to control the wind direction set by the wind direction changing means and the temperature detection means; wherein the surface temperature detection means is configured so as to detect a temperature at a surface substantially of the same direction as the blowing-out direction of the dry air, and wherein the control means is configured to identify a range in which objects to be dried, such as wet clothes, are placed based on the surface temperature detected by the surface temperature detection means within the predetermined range, control the wind direction changing means so as to blow the dry air from the air blowing means toward the identified range, and control the wind direction changing means not to blow the dry air from the air blowing means to a range in which it has been detected that no object to be dried is placed, characterized in that the control means is configured to identify, based on a surface temperature detected by the surface temperature detection means, a range which is an aggregate of a plurality of areas in which objects to be dried, such as wet clothes, are placed in the predetermined range, and when the range has been identified in a plurality of numbers, control the wind direction changing means so as to perform air blowing sequentially beginning with a range in which the surface temperature is lowest or with a range in which the areas are largest in number.