Brookhaven vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	54
😀 Quality of life	69	66
🏙️ Population	486K	8.78M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 344% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 271st and 7256th ($2863 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 2684th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Quanzhou

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	Brookhaven	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936