Brookhaven vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$3112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	65
😀 Quality of life	70	89
🏙️ Population	486K	563K

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 94% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 278th and 3857th ($2839 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 506th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 2604th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Dresden

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	Brookhaven	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$12328

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387