Bucharest vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$474	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$1772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	77	43
😀 Quality of life	79	70
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.42M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 9% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 5565th and 4892nd ($988 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Romania and Oman, respectively. Check Romania vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 645th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Muscat

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	Bucharest	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$10296

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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