Brookhaven vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brookhaven	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2959	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5553	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1832	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1724	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4442	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	486K	1.4M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 66% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 225th and 2821st ($2959 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 180th and 2nd in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Brookhaven ranked 905th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 2533rd and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Prague

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	Brookhaven	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2329	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4219	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5172	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3875	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.38	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.5	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$78	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2165	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20274	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284