Adelaide vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1772
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	50	43
😀 Quality of life	94	70
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.42M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 82% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1894th and 4892nd ($1978 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and Oman, respectively. Check Australia vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 46th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Muscat

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	Adelaide	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$10296

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551