Brookhaven vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$1858
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$277
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$952
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	70	65
🏙️ Population	486K	9.37M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 290% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 278th and 6780th ($2839 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 68th 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 1.3 months in Hefei. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 2604th and 4171st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Hefei

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	Brookhaven	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$564
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$3971
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$2140
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$7.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$109
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$8558

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699