Brookhaven vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brookhaven	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2669	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5269	$2798
🏠 One person rent	$1699	$549
🏘️ Family rent	$1875	$919
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$80.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4377	$1220
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	61
😀 Quality of life	71	79
🏙️ Population	486K	606K

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 135% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 430th and 4604th ($2669 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 385th and 2nd in the United States and Latvia, respectively. Check the United States vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.1 months in Riga. Brookhaven ranked 717th best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 2288th and 535th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Riga

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	Brookhaven	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$9.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$52.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$7.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.56	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2305	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1366	$314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5050	$885
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$549
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$16.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6664	$2627
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5140	$1636
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.37	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.99	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$2.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.3	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.48	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.11	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.3	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$47.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$77.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$92.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2477	$464
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15129	$13518

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1362
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1088
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$827
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$860
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$927
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$827
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$877
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$893
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$982
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1080
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$909
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$928
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$864
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$976
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$831
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$835
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1163
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1080
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$981
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1303
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$922
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$461
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1335
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1194
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$920
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1028
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$622
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1438
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$906
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1345
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$814
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1825
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1907
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1013
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1257