Brookhaven vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	99
😀 Quality of life	69	95
🏙️ Population	486K	2.15M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 26% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 271st and 1222nd ($2863 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 2684th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Paris

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	Brookhaven	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293