Best time to visit Hualien
Taiwan · East Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Hualien
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- JanJHualien in January: ok
- FebFHualien in February: sweet spot
- MarMHualien in March: sweet spot
- AprAHualien in April: sweet spot, busy
- MayMHualien in May: avoid
- JunJHualien in June: avoid
- JulJHualien in July: avoid
- AugAHualien in August: avoid
- SepSHualien in September: avoid
- OctOHualien in October: ok, busy
- NovNHualien in November: ok, busy
- DecDHualien in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Hualien
- Qixingtan Beach One of the most popular attractions of Taiwan, although maybe not the most spectacular one.
- Farglory Ocean Park Hualien's biggest man-made tourist attraction.
- Hualien Martyrs' Shrine Built on the site of the Karenkō Shrine, this is a memorial to those who have lost their lives in service of Taiwan.
- Hualien Al-Falah Mosque The 9th mosque built in Taiwan.
- Pine Garden A peaceful garden with 63 pine trees built around a historic building originally constructed to house the Japanese military.
- Hualien Cultural and Creative Industries Park A pedestrian area made up of 26 old factory warehouses which hosts a number of cultural establishments, mostly showcasing local arts and crafts.
- Hualien Railway Culture Park An open-air museum to Taiwan's narrow gauge railway.
Tours and tickets in Hualien
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Hualien), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19° | 15d | 80% | 6.1h | ok | 19C max, 15 rainy days |
| Feb | 20° | 13d | 81% | 6.3h | sweet spot | 20C max, 13 rainy days |
| Mar | 22° | 12d | 82% | 7.6h | sweet spot | 22C max, 12 rainy days |
| Apr | 25° | 12d | 82% | 8.5h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| May | 27° | 15d | 85% | 8.7h | avoid | monsoon: 15 rainy days, 306mm |
| Jun | 29° | 13d | 85% | 9.5h | avoid | 29C max, 13 rainy days |
| Jul | 31° | 10d | 82% | 11.0h | avoid | 31C max, 10 rainy days |
| Aug | 30° | 11d | 82% | 10.3h | avoid | 30C max, 11 rainy days |
| Sep | 30° | 11d | 83% | 10.2h | avoid | 30C max, 11 rainy days |
| Oct | 27° | 14d | 84% | 7.9h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Nov | 24° | 11d | 83% | 6.6h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 21° | 12d | 80% | 5.7h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the city, for Taroko Gorge, 6 km from the airport (HUN): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Hualien's December days now average 21.1°C, 2.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 17.6° | 18.6° | 21.0° | 23.5° | 25.9° | 27.9° | 29.3° | 28.9° | 27.2° | 24.8° | 21.9° | 18.4° |
| 2017–26 | 19.4° | 20.2° | 22.1° | 24.6° | 27.0° | 29.4° | 30.6° | 30.4° | 29.5° | 26.7° | 24.3° | 21.1° |
| Change | +1.8° | +1.6° | +1.1° | +1.1° | +1.2° | +1.6° | +1.4° | +1.5° | +2.3° | +1.9° | +2.4° | +2.6° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Taoyuan (TPE), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Taoyuan.
| Taoyuan (TPE) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Hualien City (HUN) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Hualien is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Hong Kong
- from Manila
- from Busan
- from Seoul
- from Hanoi
- from Osaka
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Tokyo
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Hualien, flying or not.
Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 110 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the New taiwan dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Taiwan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Carry cash: many restaurants and most small shops take no cards, and some convenience stores refuse foreign cards. EasyCard also pays in convenience stores; local QR wallets mostly need residency.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected, and taxi drivers return exact change; full-service restaurants usually add a 10% service charge.
Getting around Hualien
- Apps — Rides: 55688 Taiwan Taxi, Bolt, LINE GO, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: LINE.
The city center is small and easy to navigate on foot, although scooters are available for rent several places around town for about NT$400 a day. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Hualien, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 110 · ambulance and fire 119.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (15)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/taiwan/getting-help
- english.metro.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=034BD8E0AB821D47&s=19CEC09373C12170&sms=5B794C46F3CDE718
- english.metro.taipei/cp.aspx?n=BECC2E7AC426F659&s=74E62C405BBE3069
- taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/06/30/2003860007
- uber.com/global/en/cities/taipei
- bolt.eu/en/cities/taipei
- apps.apple.com/us/app/55688-taiwan-taxi/id579255069
- zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_GO
- taipeitourism.org/taipei-taxi-guide
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Taiwan
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Taipei
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- nipl.com/uploads/NPCI_International_Press_Release_LIQUID_GROUP_TO_POWER_UPI_QR_ACCEPTANCE_IN_10_ASIAN_MARKETS_bcb05ffeee.pdf
Hualien in pictures
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GeoEvan (www.polgeonow.com), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Hualien is like
Hualien (花蓮 Huālián) is a city of 100,000 people (2022) in Taiwan near the spectacular Taroko Gorge. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Hualien Cultural and Creative Industries Park (花蓮文創產業園區), No.144, Jhonghua Rd. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- The activities in and around Hualien include mountain hiking, beaches, hot springs, river tracing, whale and dolphin watching and a lot of other wild places. Ask around with the local travel companies. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Hualien Station (花蓮車站), 100 Guolian 1st Rd. There are frequent trains from Taipei, and depending on the type of train, the journey can take from two to three and a half hours. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Hualien, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Hualien
Also in Taiwan
- Kaohsiung best Feb, Mar, Apr
- Kinmen best Feb, Oct, Nov
- Sun Moon Lake best Jan, Feb, Nov
- Taichung best Jan, Feb, Nov
- Tainan best Feb, Mar, Apr
- Taipei best Feb, Mar, Apr
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Kind of place
Hualien is in Taiwan, East Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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