Brookhaven vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brookhaven	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2924	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5450	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1858	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1725	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$745	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4443	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	486K	1.4M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 54% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 281st and 2377th ($2924 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 230th and 1st 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 1.2 months in Prague. Brookhaven ranked 999th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 2997th and 244th 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	$22.5	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.07	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2326	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4090	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$857	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.4	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5605	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.3	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.8	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.11	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.2	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2261	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23474	$19039

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340