Brookhaven vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brookhaven	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2669	$742
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5269	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$1699	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$1875	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4377	$1117
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	97
😀 Quality of life	71	75
🏙️ Population	486K	18.7M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 260% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 430th and 6607th ($2669 vs $742) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 385th and 54th 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 1.5 months in Guangzhou. Brookhaven ranked 717th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 2288th and 955th 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	$17	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.56	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2305	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1366	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5050	$1120
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$37.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6664	$10173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5140	$4278
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.37	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.99	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.3	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.48	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.11	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.3	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$43.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2477	$423
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15129	$18235

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620