An air conditioner includes a variable displacement compressor that compresses refrigerant from an evaporator and varies a displacement according to a pressure in its control pressure chamber, and an electromagnetic valve that changes an opening such that the displacement of the refrigerant is increased in accordance with an increase in a value of current passing therethrough and changes a pressure state applied into the control pressure chamber. A control unit computes a target cooling temperature of air cooled by the evaporator, and adjusts the value of current passing through the electromagnetic valve to control the displacement so that the air temperature cooled by the evaporator approaches to the target cooling temperature. Furthermore, the control unit sets the value of current passing through the electromagnetic valve at a current value equal to or higher than a predetermined value that is determined based on an operation characteristic of the electromagnetic valve.