Brookhaven vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2228
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	65
😀 Quality of life	70	83
🏙️ Population	486K	1.25M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 89% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 278th and 3679th ($2839 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 7th in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 2604th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Sharjah

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	Brookhaven	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$5054

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2676
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2459
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2342
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2639
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2117
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3659
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2219
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2982
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2637
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2566
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2615
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2517
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2482
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2191
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2529
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2600
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3425
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3604
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2841
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2342
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2572
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2385
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2629
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2623
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2865
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2578
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2337
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2577
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2314
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2421
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2702
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2751
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2577
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2954
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3159
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3498
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2722
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2341
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2715

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507