Brookhaven vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$1185
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$2918
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$589
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1010
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	65	92
😀 Quality of life	70	80
🏙️ Population	486K	1.69M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 140% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 278th and 4643rd ($2839 vs $1185) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 1st in the United States and Hungary, respectively. Check the United States vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 2604th and 551st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Budapest

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	Brookhaven	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$47.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$2.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$1.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$453
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1093
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$799
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$86.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$134
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	7.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$4116
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$1.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$25.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$2.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$5.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$6.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$2.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$3.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$7.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$61.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$448
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$11060

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2676
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2459
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2342
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2639
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2117
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3659
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2219
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2982
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2637
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2566
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2615
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2517
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2482
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2191
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2529
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2600
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3425
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3604
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2841
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2342
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2572
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2385
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2629
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2623
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2865
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2578
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2337
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2577
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2314
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2421
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2702
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2751
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2577
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2954
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3159
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3498
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2722
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2341
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2715

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090