Brookhaven vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brookhaven	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2924	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5450	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$1858	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$1725	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$745	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4443	$1104
😷 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 74% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 281st and 3277th ($2924 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 230th 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 0.7 months in Moscow. Brookhaven ranked 999th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 2997th and 2774th 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	$22.5	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.07	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2326	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4090	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$857	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.4	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5605	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.3	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.4	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.8	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.11	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.2	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2261	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23474	$20160

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2763
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2619
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2397
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2725
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2160
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3756
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2271
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3087
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2744
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2661
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2724
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2609
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2556
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2343
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2555
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2715
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3446
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3582
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$3033
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2295
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2664
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2391
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2645
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2727
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2982
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2694
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2253
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2653
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2118
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2471
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2710
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2815
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2580
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3045
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3327
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3562
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2823
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2378
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2820

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749