Brookhaven vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brookhaven	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2959	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5553	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1832	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1724	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4442	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	74	73
🏙️ Population	486K	13.3M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 106% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 225th and 4141st ($2959 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 180th 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 905th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 2533rd and 2664th 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	$25.1	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2329	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4219	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5172	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3875	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.38	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.5	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$78	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2165	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20274	$15272

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2829
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2376
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2750
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2164
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3768
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2287
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3066
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2742
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2602
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2710
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2613
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2529
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2230
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2584
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2704
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3458
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3715
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2922
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2339
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2619
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2430
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2697
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2699
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2952
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2680
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2329
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2645
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2220
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2485
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2655
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2846
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2633
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3050
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3364
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3513
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2756
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2381
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2735

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772