Keelung (Chi-Lung)
- Population
- 362,000
- Coordinates
- 25.13° N, 121.74° E
- Time zone
- Asia/Taipei
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,095 a month in Keelung (Chi-Lung), rent included: 82% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,448 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%88
- Safetycountry20%67
- Health carecountry15%69
- Climate10%84
- Air quality10%73
- Connectivitycountry10%65
- Cost10%67
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
- #4
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,084
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 | Keelung (Chi-Lung) | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $4.72 | $25.00 | −81% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $31.47 | $140 | −78% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $4.72 | $14.00 | −66% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $1.57 | $8.00 | −80% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.83 | $10.00 | −72% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.80 | $6.37 | −56% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.01 | $3.80 | −73% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.75 | $2.89 | −74% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $3.15 | $1.36 | +132% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.42 | $4.68 | −70% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.15 | $6.97 | −84% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.27 | $5.73 | −60% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $28.84 | $17.38 | +66% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $5.66 | $15.11 | −63% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $16.78 | $17.77 | −6% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $4.30 | $6.11 | −30% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.93 | $2.20 | −12% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.81 | $5.77 | −69% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.21 | $6.25 | −65% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.22 | $3.47 | −65% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.93 | $4.17 | −54% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.38 | $2.72 | −13% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.88 | $2.50 | −65% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $9.44 | $20.00 | −53% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.10 | $3.21 | −66% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.52 | $3.96 | −36% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.85 | $19.00 | −80% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.47 | $3.00 | −84% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $62.93 | $140 | −55% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.67 | $3.00 | −11% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.94 | $2.18 | −57% |
| 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) | $23,049 | $25,309 | −9% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $14.97 | $73.50 | −80% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $11.01 | $71.93 | −85% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $34.61 | $126 | −73% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $31.47 | $62.38 | −50% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $7.87 | $23.00 | −66% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $341 | $3,366 | −90% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,782 | $60,589 | −72% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $68.36 | $72.80 | −6% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $36.11 | $53.22 | −32% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $47.20 | $118 | −60% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $31.47 | $125 | −75% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $566 | $4,417 | −87% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $472 | $3,033 | −84% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,038 | $9,242 | −89% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $944 | $5,461 | −83% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $3,384 | $18,759 | −82% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,341 | $6,523 | −64% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,448 | $5,178 | −53% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 2.27% | 6.49% | −4.2 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 | — | $566 | $2,448 |
| Nov 2025 | 27.1 | $574 | $2,488 |
| May 2025 | 28.1 | $596 | $2,552 |
| Apr 2025 | 26.6 | $563 | $2,441 |
| Mar 2025 | 27.9 | $543 | $2,368 |
| Feb 2025 | 30.3 | $547 | $2,378 |
| Jan 2025 | 30.2 | $546 | $2,376 |
| Dec 2024 | 30.3 | $548 | $2,385 |
| Nov 2024 | 30.7 | $554 | $2,407 |
| Oct 2024 | 31.2 | $562 | $2,377 |
| Sep 2024 | 35.5 | $564 | $2,323 |
| Aug 2024 | 38.5 | $549 | $2,091 |
| Jul 2024 | 39.2 | $554 | $2,104 |
| Jun 2024 | 38.6 | $554 | $2,104 |
| May 2024 | 36.4 | $368 | $2,107 |
| Apr 2024 | 34.7 | $376 | $2,133 |
| Mar 2024 | 35.0 | $377 | $2,140 |
| Feb 2024 | 35.8 | $383 | $1,084 |
| Jan 2024 | — | — | — |
| Dec 2023 | 36.3 | $408 | $1,921 |
| Nov 2023 | 40.3 | $416 | $1,569 |
| Oct 2023 | 38.3 | $419 | $1,578 |
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 Keelung (Chi-Lung) yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Keelung (Chi-Lung). Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Keelung (Chi-Lung) on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 23.0 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 28.3 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 17.0 °C
- Rain a year
- 1,946 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 83%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.7 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 1
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 84
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
- 59
- PM2.5
- 14.3µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 730-100
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
- 5.9Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 27.2Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 3.7%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 2.45%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 9.2Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Keelung (Chi-Lung)
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
- 13Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 2 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026