Brookhaven vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$1828
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$4329
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$953
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	84
😀 Quality of life	70	92
🏙️ Population	486K	545K

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 55% more expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 278th and 2395th ($2839 vs $1828) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 27th 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 1.6 months in Hanover. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Hanover ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 2604th and 83rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Hanover

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	Brookhaven	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$78.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$3.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$3.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$918
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$644
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$1158
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$315
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$5131
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$3015
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$3.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$54.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$31.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$3.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$5.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$5.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$9.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$2.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$34.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$83.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$97.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$15505

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1689
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1686
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1670
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1678
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1675
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1634
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1623
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1600
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1648
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1636
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1640
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1633
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1519
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1523
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1633
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1569
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1455
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1583
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1484
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1456
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1554
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1469
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1456
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1489
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1455
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1568
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1583
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1499
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1538
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1498
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1493
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1400
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1494
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1498
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1514
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1487