Brookhaven vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	69	80
🏙️ Population	486K	17.7M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 213% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 271st and 5950th ($2863 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 2684th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Shenzhen

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	Brookhaven	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609