diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api.proto b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
index c3e4c38633..1c33d92bea 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api.proto
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
@@ -1025,6 +1025,13 @@ message CameraImageRequest {
   bool stream = 2;
 }
 
+// ==================== TEMPERATURE UNIT ====================
+enum TemperatureUnit {
+  TEMPERATURE_UNIT_CELSIUS = 0;
+  TEMPERATURE_UNIT_FAHRENHEIT = 1;
+  TEMPERATURE_UNIT_KELVIN = 2;
+}
+
 // ==================== CLIMATE ====================
 enum ClimateMode {
   CLIMATE_MODE_OFF = 0;
@@ -1110,6 +1117,7 @@ message ListEntitiesClimateResponse {
   float visual_max_humidity = 25;
   uint32 device_id = 26 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_DEVICES"];
   uint32 feature_flags = 27;
+  TemperatureUnit temperature_unit = 28;
 }
 message ClimateStateResponse {
   option (id) = 47;
@@ -1203,6 +1211,7 @@ message ListEntitiesWaterHeaterResponse {
   repeated WaterHeaterMode supported_modes = 11 [(container_pointer_no_template) = "water_heater::WaterHeaterModeMask"];
   // Bitmask of WaterHeaterFeature flags
   uint32 supported_features = 12;
+  TemperatureUnit temperature_unit = 13;
 }
 
 message WaterHeaterStateResponse {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
index 3d12453939..f6ceee2296 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
@@ -1439,6 +1439,7 @@ uint8_t *ListEntitiesClimateResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCO
   ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 26, this->device_id);
 #endif
   ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 27, this->feature_flags);
+  ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 28, static_cast<uint32_t>(this->temperature_unit));
   return pos;
 }
 uint32_t ListEntitiesClimateResponse::calculate_size() const {
@@ -1488,6 +1489,7 @@ uint32_t ListEntitiesClimateResponse::calculate_size() const {
   size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(2, this->device_id);
 #endif
   size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(2, this->feature_flags);
+  size += this->temperature_unit ? 3 : 0;
   return size;
 }
 uint8_t *ClimateStateResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
@@ -1645,6 +1647,7 @@ uint8_t *ListEntitiesWaterHeaterResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_
     ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 11, static_cast<uint32_t>(it), true);
   }
   ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 12, this->supported_features);
+  ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 13, static_cast<uint32_t>(this->temperature_unit));
   return pos;
 }
 uint32_t ListEntitiesWaterHeaterResponse::calculate_size() const {
@@ -1667,6 +1670,7 @@ uint32_t ListEntitiesWaterHeaterResponse::calculate_size() const {
     size += this->supported_modes->size() * 2;
   }
   size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(1, this->supported_features);
+  size += this->temperature_unit ? 2 : 0;
   return size;
 }
 uint8_t *WaterHeaterStateResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
index 5aa592e4fa..a8e01c017f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ enum SupportsResponseType : uint32_t {
   SUPPORTS_RESPONSE_STATUS = 100,
 };
 #endif
+enum TemperatureUnit : uint32_t {
+  TEMPERATURE_UNIT_CELSIUS = 0,
+  TEMPERATURE_UNIT_FAHRENHEIT = 1,
+  TEMPERATURE_UNIT_KELVIN = 2,
+};
 #ifdef USE_CLIMATE
 enum ClimateMode : uint32_t {
   CLIMATE_MODE_OFF = 0,
@@ -1372,7 +1377,7 @@ class CameraImageRequest final : public ProtoDecodableMessage {
 class ListEntitiesClimateResponse final : public InfoResponseProtoMessage {
  public:
   static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 46;
-  static constexpr uint8_t ESTIMATED_SIZE = 150;
+  static constexpr uint8_t ESTIMATED_SIZE = 153;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   const LogString *message_name() const override { return LOG_STR("list_entities_climate_response"); }
 #endif
@@ -1394,6 +1399,7 @@ class ListEntitiesClimateResponse final : public InfoResponseProtoMessage {
   float visual_min_humidity{0.0f};
   float visual_max_humidity{0.0f};
   uint32_t feature_flags{0};
+  enums::TemperatureUnit temperature_unit{};
   uint8_t *encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const;
   uint32_t calculate_size() const;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
@@ -1471,7 +1477,7 @@ class ClimateCommandRequest final : public CommandProtoMessage {
 class ListEntitiesWaterHeaterResponse final : public InfoResponseProtoMessage {
  public:
   static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 132;
-  static constexpr uint8_t ESTIMATED_SIZE = 63;
+  static constexpr uint8_t ESTIMATED_SIZE = 65;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   const LogString *message_name() const override { return LOG_STR("list_entities_water_heater_response"); }
 #endif
@@ -1480,6 +1486,7 @@ class ListEntitiesWaterHeaterResponse final : public InfoResponseProtoMessage {
   float target_temperature_step{0.0f};
   const water_heater::WaterHeaterModeMask *supported_modes{};
   uint32_t supported_features{0};
+  enums::TemperatureUnit temperature_unit{};
   uint8_t *encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const;
   uint32_t calculate_size() const;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
index bdcb6d4146..541f5d4d11 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
@@ -297,6 +297,18 @@ template<> const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::SupportsResponseType>(enums::
   }
 }
 #endif
+template<> const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::TemperatureUnit>(enums::TemperatureUnit value) {
+  switch (value) {
+    case enums::TEMPERATURE_UNIT_CELSIUS:
+      return ESPHOME_PSTR("TEMPERATURE_UNIT_CELSIUS");
+    case enums::TEMPERATURE_UNIT_FAHRENHEIT:
+      return ESPHOME_PSTR("TEMPERATURE_UNIT_FAHRENHEIT");
+    case enums::TEMPERATURE_UNIT_KELVIN:
+      return ESPHOME_PSTR("TEMPERATURE_UNIT_KELVIN");
+    default:
+      return ESPHOME_PSTR("UNKNOWN");
+  }
+}
 #ifdef USE_CLIMATE
 template<> const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::ClimateMode>(enums::ClimateMode value) {
   switch (value) {
@@ -1539,6 +1551,7 @@ const char *ListEntitiesClimateResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
   dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("device_id"), this->device_id);
 #endif
   dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("feature_flags"), this->feature_flags);
+  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("temperature_unit"), static_cast<enums::TemperatureUnit>(this->temperature_unit));
   return out.c_str();
 }
 const char *ClimateStateResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
@@ -1612,6 +1625,7 @@ const char *ListEntitiesWaterHeaterResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
     dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("supported_modes"), static_cast<enums::WaterHeaterMode>(it), 4);
   }
   dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("supported_features"), this->supported_features);
+  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("temperature_unit"), static_cast<enums::TemperatureUnit>(this->temperature_unit));
   return out.c_str();
 }
 const char *WaterHeaterStateResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {