Brookhaven vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brookhaven	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2959	$1828
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5553	$4562
🏠 One person rent	$1832	$891
🏘️ Family rent	$1724	$1525
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$580
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4442	$2914
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	82
😀 Quality of life	74	93
🏙️ Population	486K	548K

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 62% more expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 225th and 2626th ($2959 vs $1828) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 180th and 89th 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 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Brookhaven ranked 905th best city to live in the United States vs Hanover ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 2533rd and 112th 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	$25.1	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2329	$932
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$681
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4219	$1515
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$1248
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5172	$4748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3875	$3144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$67.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$33.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.38	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$5.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$6.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.5	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$78	$93.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2165	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20274	$29738

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2829
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2376
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2750
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2164
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3768
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2287
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3066
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2742
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2602
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2710
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2613
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2529
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2230
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2584
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2704
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3458
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3715
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2922
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2339
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2619
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2430
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2697
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2699
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2952
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2680
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2329
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2645
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2220
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2485
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2655
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2846
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2633
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3050
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3364
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3513
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2756
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2381
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2735

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565