Chang-hua
- Population
- 227,000
- Coordinates
- 24.07° N, 120.56° E
- Time zone
- Asia/Taipei
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $767 a month in Chang-hua, rent included: 87% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,022 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%92
- Safetycountry20%67
- Health carecountry15%69
- Climate10%92
- Air quality10%47
- Connectivitycountry10%65
- Cost10%82
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Taiwan
- #2
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #624
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Chang-hua | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $3.93 | $25.00 | −84% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $33.04 | $140 | −76% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $5.66 | $14.00 | −60% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $1.38 | $8.00 | −83% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.20 | $10.00 | −78% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $1.68 | $6.37 | −74% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.95 | $3.80 | −75% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.58 | $2.89 | −80% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $2.33 | $1.36 | +71% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.99 | $4.68 | −57% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.93 | $6.97 | −58% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.73 | $5.73 | −52% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $16.24 | $17.38 | −7% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $9.83 | $15.11 | −35% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $21.50 | $17.77 | +21% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $4.93 | $6.11 | −19% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $3.33 | $2.20 | +51% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.93 | $5.77 | −49% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.15 | $6.25 | −50% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.76 | $3.47 | −20% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.17 | $4.17 | −48% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.72 | $2.72 | −37% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.79 | $2.50 | −68% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $9.44 | $20.00 | −53% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.42 | $3.21 | −56% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.24 | $3.96 | −43% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.93 | $19.00 | −79% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.57 | $3.00 | −48% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $34.61 | $140 | −75% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.67 | $3.00 | −11% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.79 | $2.18 | −64% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $9.44 | $42.00 | −78% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.03 | $1.10 | −6% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $33,606 | $35,458 | −5% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $24,266 | $25,309 | −4% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $17.87 | $73.50 | −76% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $18.85 | $71.93 | −74% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $32.31 | $126 | −74% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $9.44 | $23.00 | −59% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $621 | $3,366 | −82% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $7,866 | $60,589 | −87% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $50.35 | $72.80 | −31% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $15.42 | $53.22 | −71% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $78.66 | $118 | −33% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $50.35 | $125 | −60% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $257 | $4,417 | −94% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $173 | $3,033 | −94% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $503 | $9,242 | −95% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $173 | $5,461 | −97% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $3,006 | $18,759 | −84% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $1,658 | $6,523 | −75% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,022 | $5,178 | −61% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 2.20% | 6.49% | −4.3 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $257 | $2,022 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 22.2 | $258 | $2,029 |
| Apr 2026 | 22.4 | $260 | $2,038 |
| Feb 2026 | 22.2 | $258 | $2,031 |
| Jan 2026 | 22.3 | $294 | $2,037 |
| Nov 2025 | — | — | $2,066 |
| Sep 2025 | 23.1 | $304 | $2,206 |
| Jul 2025 | 23.2 | $309 | $2,236 |
| May 2025 | 23.0 | $306 | $2,220 |
| Apr 2025 | 21.7 | $289 | $2,134 |
| Mar 2025 | 20.8 | $278 | $2,070 |
| Feb 2025 | 21.0 | $281 | $2,082 |
| Jan 2025 | 21.0 | $281 | $2,082 |
| Dec 2024 | 21.1 | $282 | $2,088 |
| Nov 2024 | 21.5 | $285 | $2,105 |
| Oct 2024 | 21.7 | $289 | $2,129 |
| Sep 2024 | 29.1 | $266 | $2,126 |
| Aug 2024 | — | $259 | $2,090 |
| Jul 2024 | — | $261 | $2,103 |
| Jun 2024 | — | $262 | $1,989 |
| May 2024 | — | $261 | $1,982 |
| Apr 2024 | — | $243 | $2,007 |
| Mar 2024 | — | $246 | $2,012 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $248 | $2,163 |
| Jan 2024 | — | $253 | $2,206 |
| Dec 2023 | — | $247 | $2,296 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Taiwan's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Chang-hua yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Chang-hua. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Chang-hua on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 22.9 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 27.1 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 16.8 °C
- Rain a year
- 1,738 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 77%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 4.1 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 0
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 92
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 91
- PM2.5
- 37.0µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 470-100
Internet
Taiwan median; city not listed- Upload
- 183Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 4ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 111Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 17ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 5.8Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 51.6Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 1.9%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 2.20%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 9.9Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Chang-hua
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 11Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 7 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 96%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026