Brookhaven vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	71
😀 Quality of life	69	64
🏙️ Population	486K	2.95M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 237% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 271st and 6262nd ($2863 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 1st 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 0.7 months in Kyiv. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 2684th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Kyiv

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	Brookhaven	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$7184

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2730
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2477
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2338
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2677
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2123
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3639
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2974
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2669
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2586
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2556
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2528
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2234
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2546
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2645
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3455
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3558
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2875
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2316
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2593
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2365
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2654
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2885
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2610
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2284
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2588
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2236
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2433
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2664
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2599
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2987
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3284
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3494
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2732
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2330
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2730

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570