Brookhaven vs Bucharest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brookhaven	Bucharest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2669	$961
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5269	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1699	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$1875	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4377	$1072
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	76
😀 Quality of life	71	77
🏙️ Population	486K	1.72M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 178% more expensive than in Bucharest. Cities ranked 430th and 5593rd ($2669 vs $961) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 385th and 3rd in the United States and Romania, respectively. Check the United States vs Romania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.1 months in Bucharest. Brookhaven ranked 717th best city to live in the United States vs Bucharest ranked 1st in Romania, while ranked 2288th and 703rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Bucharest

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	Brookhaven	Bucharest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$9.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$44.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.56	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2305	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1366	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5050	$863
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$92.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$8.75
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	7.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6664	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5140	$1649
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.37	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$5.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.99	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.3	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$5.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.48	$5.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.11	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$7.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$54.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$73.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2477	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15129	$9569

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2497
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2303
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2321
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2496
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2151
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$2360
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2190
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2474
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2504
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2466
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2466
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2434
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2522
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2365
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2542
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2485
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3479
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3620
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2790
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2339
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2482
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2377
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2538
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2818
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2465
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2308
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2480
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2303
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2429
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2627
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2670
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2551
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2521
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2924
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3165
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3455
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2612
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2320
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2608

Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$846
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$817
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$868
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$619
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$702
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$681
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$758
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$701
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$739
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$758
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$610
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$611
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$928
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$654
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$595
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$719
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$718
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$646
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$639
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$813
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$495
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$743
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$851
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$898
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$962
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$563
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$800
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$641
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$746
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$702
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$730
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$561
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$508
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$865
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$670
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$661
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$678