Adelaide vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2496
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$1722
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	50	43
😀 Quality of life	94	75
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.42M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 96% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1686th and 5037th ($2117 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Oman, respectively. Check Australia vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 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 65th and 1796th 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	$15.1	$5.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$555
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$66.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$68.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$1333
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$6.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$83.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$11063

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1078
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$792
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$573
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1449
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2521
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1419
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$624
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$568
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$557
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$808
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$534
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1849
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$530
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1770
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$529
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1201
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1237
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$430
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$817
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$553
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$908
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$530
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1008
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$873
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$503
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$477
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$930
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$453