Brookhaven vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$574
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	44
😀 Quality of life	69	58
🏙️ Population	486K	1.13M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 209% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 271st and 5898th ($2863 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 3rd in the United States and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 2684th and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Santo Domingo

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	Brookhaven	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$7607

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521