Brookhaven vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brookhaven	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2924	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5450	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1858	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$1725	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$745	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4443	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	90
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	486K	1.51M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 16% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 281st and 863rd ($2924 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 230th 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 1.7 months in Munich. Brookhaven ranked 999th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2997th and 44th 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	$22.5	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.07	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2326	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4090	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$857	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.4	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5605	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.3	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.4	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.8	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.11	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.2	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2261	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23474	$17274

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714