Brookhaven vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$1140
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$346
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	65	78
😀 Quality of life	69	66
🏙️ Population	486K	6.6M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 566% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 271st and 8897th ($2863 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 17th in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 2 months in Chennai. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Chennai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 2684th and 4021st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Brookhaven vs Chennai infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brookhaven/chennai.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brookhaven vs Chennai infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brookhaven/chennai" target="_blank">Brookhaven vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brookhaven vs Chennai

Prices for goods and services in Brookhaven and Chennai are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brookhaven	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$170
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$102
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$25.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$39
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$10.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	9.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$1935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$0.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$0.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$6.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$2.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$0.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$18.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$2.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$48.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$80.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$1573

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306