Brookhaven vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$1581
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	38
😀 Quality of life	69	76
🏙️ Population	486K	767K

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 129% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 271st and 4331st ($2863 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 4th in the United States and Croatia, respectively. Check the United States vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 2684th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Zagreb

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	Brookhaven	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747