Brookhaven vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brookhaven	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2959	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5553	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1832	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1724	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4442	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	74	85
🏙️ Population	486K	1.86M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 50% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 225th and 2069th ($2959 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 180th and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Brookhaven ranked 905th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 2533rd and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Warsaw

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	Brookhaven	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2329	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4219	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5172	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3875	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.38	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$78	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2165	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20274	$15871

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2829
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2376
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2750
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2164
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3768
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2287
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3066
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2742
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2602
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2710
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2613
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2529
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2230
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2584
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2704
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3458
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3715
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2922
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2339
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2619
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2430
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2697
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2699
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2952
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2680
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2329
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2645
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2220
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2485
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2655
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2846
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2633
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3050
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3364
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3513
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2756
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2381
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2735

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349