Brookhaven vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$686
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	65	61
😀 Quality of life	69	67
🏙️ Population	486K	1.99M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 294% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 271st and 6769th ($2863 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 1st in the United States and Belarus, respectively. Check the United States vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 2684th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Minsk

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	Brookhaven	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$10220

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850