Brisbane vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$1772
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	66	43
😀 Quality of life	97	70
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.42M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 85% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1792nd and 4892nd ($2016 vs $1090) 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 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 7th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Muscat

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	Brisbane	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$10296

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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