Edinburgh vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1772
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	88	43
😀 Quality of life	94	70
🏙️ Population	488K	1.42M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 96% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1491st and 4892nd ($2140 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Oman, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 34th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Muscat

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	Edinburgh	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$10296

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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