Brookhaven vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	69	93
🏙️ Population	486K	1.51M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 30% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 271st and 1352nd ($2863 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2684th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Munich

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	Brookhaven	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560