Abu Dhabi vs Brookhaven - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Brookhaven
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$2863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$5521
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$1851
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1913
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$676
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$4325
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	83	69
🏙️ Population	1.48M	486K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 36% less expensive than in Brookhaven. Cities ranked 2320th and 271st ($1828 vs $2863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 238th in the United Arab Emirates and the United States, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.5 months in Brookhaven. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Brookhaven ranked 885th in the United States, while ranked 438th and 2684th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Brookhaven

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	Abu Dhabi	Brookhaven
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$79.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$6.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$5.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$2335
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$1529
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$5083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$91.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$69.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	6.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$5521
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$4121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$4.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$4.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$5.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$5.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$23.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$9.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$4.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$17.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$76.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$2514
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$22670

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2730
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2477
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2338
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2677
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2123
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3639
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2974
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2669
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2586
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2556
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2528
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2234
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2546
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2645
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3455
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3558
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2875
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2316
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2593
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2365
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2654
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2885
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2610
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2284
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2588
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2236
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2433
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2664
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2599
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2987
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3284
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3494
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2732
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2330
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2730