Brookhaven vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	69	74
🏙️ Population	486K	13.1M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 130% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 271st and 4359th ($2863 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 2684th and 1187th 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	$20.1	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592