Brisbane vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$2496
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$1722
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	66	43
😀 Quality of life	98	75
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.42M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 91% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1813th and 5037th ($2065 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 9th and 1796th 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	$14.4	$5.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$555
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$66.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$68.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1333
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$9.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$6.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$83.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$11063

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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