Brookhaven vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brookhaven	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2959	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5553	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$1832	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1724	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4442	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	99
😀 Quality of life	74	97
🏙️ Population	486K	2.15M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 18% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 225th and 843rd ($2959 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 180th 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 1.5 months in Paris. Brookhaven ranked 905th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 2533rd and 18th 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	$25.1	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2329	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4219	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5172	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3875	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.38	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$78	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2165	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20274	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488