Brookhaven vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$725
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	60
😀 Quality of life	69	53
🏙️ Population	486K	9.4M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 304% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 271st and 6849th ($2863 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 51st in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 2684th and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Ningbo

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	Brookhaven	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$12465

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522