Brookhaven vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brookhaven	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2921	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5483	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1834	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1705	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$761	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4363	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	72	72
🏙️ Population	486K	13.3M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 84% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 276th and 3728th ($2921 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 221st and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Brookhaven ranked 1103rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 3052nd and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Moscow

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	Brookhaven	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.2	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.6	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.98	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.84	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2314	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1523	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4097	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.5	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5885	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3551	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.3	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.11	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.72	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.62	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.8	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$144	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.3	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2249	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23283	$17546

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2779
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2686
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2401
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2713
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2144
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3722
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2280
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3059
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2732
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2642
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2718
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2606
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2554
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2302
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2564
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2698
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3460
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3644
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$3032
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2294
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2647
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2387
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2670
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2711
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2971
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2690
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2650
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2127
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2492
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2697
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2816
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2600
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2684
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3020
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3312
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3510
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2809
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2385
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2803

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791