Hua-lien
- Population
- 99,000
- Coordinates
- 23.98° N, 121.60° E
- Time zone
- Asia/Taipei
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $945 a month in Hua-lien, rent included: 84% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,895 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Hua-lien; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%95
- Safetycountry20%67
- Health carecountry15%69
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%43
- Connectivitycountry10%65
- Cost10%74
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
- #7
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #889
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 | Hua-lien | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $4.09 | $25.00 | −84% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $28.32 | $140 | −80% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $4.25 | $14.00 | −70% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $1.34 | $8.00 | −83% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.12 | $10.00 | −79% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.75 | $6.37 | −57% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.94 | $3.80 | −75% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.55 | $2.89 | −81% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $2.88 | $1.36 | +112% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.71 | $4.68 | −63% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $4.56 | $6.97 | −35% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.93 | $5.73 | −66% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $28.32 | $17.38 | +63% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.24 | $15.11 | −59% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $25.70 | $17.77 | +45% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.67 | $6.11 | −56% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.52 | $2.20 | +15% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.30 | $5.77 | −43% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.08 | $6.25 | −51% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.36 | $3.47 | −32% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.36 | $4.17 | −43% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.06 | $2.72 | −24% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.94 | $2.50 | −62% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $12.55 | $20.00 | −37% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.95 | $3.21 | −39% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.36 | $3.96 | −40% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.93 | $19.00 | −79% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.47 | $3.00 | −84% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.15 | $3.00 | +5% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.31 | $2.18 | −86% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $10.23 | $42.00 | −76% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.91 | $1.10 | −17% |
| 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) | $26,864 | $25,309 | +6% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $19.38 | $73.50 | −74% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $12.59 | $71.93 | −82% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $47.20 | $126 | −63% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $10.07 | $23.00 | −56% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $755 | $3,366 | −78% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,704 | $60,589 | −72% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $57.43 | $72.80 | −21% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $35.79 | $53.22 | −33% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $78.66 | $118 | −33% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $106 | $125 | −15% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | — | $4,417 | — |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | — | $3,033 | — |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $787 | $9,242 | −91% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $566 | $5,461 | −90% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,895 | $5,178 | −44% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 2.13% | 6.49% | −4.4 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 | — | — | $2,891 |
| Aug 2026 | — | — | $2,908 |
| Mar 2026 | — | $218 | $2,871 |
| Jan 2026 | — | $221 | $2,911 |
| Aug 2025 | — | $233 | $3,057 |
| May 2025 | — | $240 | $2,020 |
| Apr 2025 | — | $227 | $1,908 |
| Mar 2025 | — | $218 | $1,836 |
| Feb 2025 | — | $220 | $1,853 |
| Jan 2025 | — | $220 | $1,851 |
| Dec 2024 | — | $221 | $1,858 |
| Nov 2024 | — | $223 | $1,880 |
| Oct 2024 | — | $227 | $1,908 |
| Sep 2024 | — | $228 | $1,730 |
| Aug 2024 | — | $221 | $1,494 |
| Jul 2024 | — | $223 | $1,507 |
| Jun 2024 | — | $224 | $1,511 |
| May 2024 | — | $222 | $1,503 |
| Apr 2024 | — | $227 | $1,534 |
| Mar 2024 | — | $229 | $1,549 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $231 | $1,184 |
| Jan 2024 | — | $235 | $1,591 |
| Dec 2023 | — | $232 | $1,567 |
| Nov 2023 | — | $224 | $1,511 |
| Oct 2023 | — | $225 | $1,520 |
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 Hua-lien yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Hua-lien. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Hua-lien on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Hua-lien yet.
- Annual mean
- —
- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
- —
- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- —
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- —
- Clear-sky daysA year
- —
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Hua-lien.
Internet
Taiwan median; city not listed- Upload
- 183Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 4ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 111Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 17ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Hua-lien yet.
Cities like Hua-lien
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
- 6Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 4 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 87%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 25 Sept 2026