Brookhaven vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brookhaven	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2959	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5553	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$1832	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1724	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4442	$434
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	61
😀 Quality of life	74	63
🏙️ Population	486K	1.42M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 480% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 225th and 8604th ($2959 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 180th and 22nd in the United States and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United States vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Brookhaven ranked 905th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 2533rd and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Kharkiv

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	Brookhaven	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2329	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4219	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5172	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3875	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.38	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.5	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$78	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2165	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20274	$3156

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586