An air conditioning apparatus for a hydraulic shovel with which a wide space in a cab can be secured and a placement operation of ducts for distributing wind to each important point in the cab is facilitated. For this purpose, in the air conditioning apparatus, an air-conditioning unit (21) is placed at a front portion of a right side in a cab (10). The air-conditioning unit (21) is mounted to a front portion of a right side wall surface (51) of the cab (10). The air-conditioning unit (21) is mounted to the right side wall surface (51) of the cab (10) to be capable of being taken in and out from an inside and an outside of the cab (10).