Columbus vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	73	43
😀 Quality of life	88	70
🏙️ Population	906K	1.42M

The cost of living in Columbus is 97% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1476th and 4892nd ($2145 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st in the United States and Oman, respectively. Check the United States vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 249th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Muscat

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	Columbus	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$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	$1314	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$10296

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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