Brookhaven vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brookhaven	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2669	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5269	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1699	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1875	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4377	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	53
😀 Quality of life	71	53
🏙️ Population	486K	8.78M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 288% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 430th and 6882nd ($2669 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 385th and 102nd 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 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Brookhaven ranked 717th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 2288th and 6124th 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	$17	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.56	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2305	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1366	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5050	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6664	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5140	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.37	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.99	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.3	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.48	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.11	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.3	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2477	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15129	$19406

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2497
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2303
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2321
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2496
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2151
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$2360
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2190
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2474
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2504
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2466
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2466
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2434
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2522
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2365
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2542
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2485
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3479
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3620
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2790
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2339
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2482
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2377
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2538
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2818
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2465
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2308
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2480
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2303
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2429
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2627
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2670
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2551
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2521
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2924
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3165
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3455
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2612
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2320
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2608

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083