Brookhaven vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$763
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$2294
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$76.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	97
😀 Quality of life	70	75
🏙️ Population	486K	18.7M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 272% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 278th and 6602nd ($2839 vs $763) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 49th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 2604th and 1036th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Guangzhou

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	Brookhaven	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1125
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$10222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$4345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$15919

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671