Brookhaven vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$2567
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$856
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	22
😀 Quality of life	70	58
🏙️ Population	486K	1.96M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 170% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 278th and 5280th ($2839 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 11th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 2604th and 5480th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Tijuana

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	Brookhaven	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$3.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1127
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$741
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$56.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$2860
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$1715
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$29.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$6.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$4.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$2656

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$922
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2877
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$2973
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3346
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2936
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2799
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2821
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2765
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2853
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2795
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2718
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2783
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$2926
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$912
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2579
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2886
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3006
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2650
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2717
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2828
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2587
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2789
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2653
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2644