diff --git a/homeassistant/components/climate/icons.json b/homeassistant/components/climate/icons.json
index c26f1bb894b..1922c95348c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/climate/icons.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/climate/icons.json
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
     }
   },
   "triggers": {
+    "started_cooling": {
+      "trigger": "mdi:snowflake"
+    },
+    "started_drying": {
+      "trigger": "mdi:water-percent"
+    },
     "started_heating": {
       "trigger": "mdi:fire"
     },
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/climate/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/climate/strings.json
index fb7efeadb7d..c3801b84f67 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/climate/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/climate/strings.json
@@ -298,6 +298,28 @@
   },
   "title": "Climate",
   "triggers": {
+    "started_cooling": {
+      "description": "Triggers when a climate started cooling.",
+      "description_configured": "[%key:component::climate::triggers::started_cooling::description%]",
+      "fields": {
+        "behavior": {
+          "description": "[%key:component::climate::common::trigger_behavior_description%]",
+          "name": "[%key:component::climate::common::trigger_behavior_name%]"
+        }
+      },
+      "name": "When a climate started cooling"
+    },
+    "started_drying": {
+      "description": "Triggers when a climate started drying.",
+      "description_configured": "[%key:component::climate::triggers::started_drying::description%]",
+      "fields": {
+        "behavior": {
+          "description": "[%key:component::climate::common::trigger_behavior_description%]",
+          "name": "[%key:component::climate::common::trigger_behavior_name%]"
+        }
+      },
+      "name": "When a climate started drying"
+    },
     "started_heating": {
       "description": "Triggers when a climate starts to heat.",
       "description_configured": "[%key:component::climate::triggers::started_heating::description%]",
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/climate/trigger.py b/homeassistant/components/climate/trigger.py
index c45922088ad..a8699a4ab47 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/climate/trigger.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/climate/trigger.py
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.trigger import (
 from .const import ATTR_HVAC_ACTION, DOMAIN, HVACAction, HVACMode
 
 TRIGGERS: dict[str, type[Trigger]] = {
+    "started_cooling": make_entity_state_attribute_trigger(
+        DOMAIN, ATTR_HVAC_ACTION, HVACAction.COOLING
+    ),
+    "started_drying": make_entity_state_attribute_trigger(
+        DOMAIN, ATTR_HVAC_ACTION, HVACAction.DRYING
+    ),
     "turned_off": make_entity_state_trigger(DOMAIN, HVACMode.OFF),
     "turned_on": make_conditional_entity_state_trigger(
         DOMAIN,
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/climate/triggers.yaml b/homeassistant/components/climate/triggers.yaml
index bed00d43d87..5d4f9c18976 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/climate/triggers.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/climate/triggers.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
             - last
             - any
 
+started_cooling: *trigger_common
+started_drying: *trigger_common
 started_heating: *trigger_common
 turned_off: *trigger_common
 turned_on: *trigger_common
diff --git a/tests/components/climate/test_trigger.py b/tests/components/climate/test_trigger.py
index 5a066ec731c..561d262c21f 100644
--- a/tests/components/climate/test_trigger.py
+++ b/tests/components/climate/test_trigger.py
@@ -142,11 +142,21 @@ async def test_climate_state_trigger_behavior_any(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("trigger", "states"),
     [
+        *parametrize_trigger_states(
+            trigger="climate.started_cooling",
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.COOLING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
+        *parametrize_trigger_states(
+            trigger="climate.started_drying",
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.DRYING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
         *parametrize_trigger_states(
             trigger="climate.started_heating",
-            target_states=[(HVACMode.OFF, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.HEATING})],
-            other_states=[(HVACMode.OFF, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
-        )
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.HEATING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
     ],
 )
 async def test_climate_state_attribute_trigger_behavior_any(
@@ -261,11 +271,21 @@ async def test_climate_state_trigger_behavior_first(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("trigger", "states"),
     [
+        *parametrize_trigger_states(
+            trigger="climate.started_cooling",
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.COOLING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
+        *parametrize_trigger_states(
+            trigger="climate.started_drying",
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.DRYING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
         *parametrize_trigger_states(
             trigger="climate.started_heating",
-            target_states=[(HVACMode.OFF, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.HEATING})],
-            other_states=[(HVACMode.OFF, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
-        )
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.HEATING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
     ],
 )
 async def test_climate_state_attribute_trigger_behavior_first(
@@ -378,11 +398,21 @@ async def test_climate_state_trigger_behavior_last(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("trigger", "states"),
     [
+        *parametrize_trigger_states(
+            trigger="climate.started_cooling",
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.COOLING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
+        *parametrize_trigger_states(
+            trigger="climate.started_drying",
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.DRYING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
         *parametrize_trigger_states(
             trigger="climate.started_heating",
-            target_states=[(HVACMode.OFF, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.HEATING})],
-            other_states=[(HVACMode.OFF, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
-        )
+            target_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.HEATING})],
+            other_states=[(HVACMode.AUTO, {ATTR_HVAC_ACTION: HVACAction.IDLE})],
+        ),
     ],
 )
 async def test_climate_state_attribute_trigger_behavior_last(