Barcelona vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1772
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	98	43
😀 Quality of life	87	70
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.42M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 69% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 2276th and 4892nd ($1841 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Oman, respectively. Check Spain vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 270th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Muscat

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	Barcelona	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$10296

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

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