Hamburg City vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$1772
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	84	43
😀 Quality of life	94	70
🏙️ Population	1.91M	1.42M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 84% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1818th and 4892nd ($2007 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Germany and Oman, respectively. Check Germany vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 40th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Muscat

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	Hamburg City	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$10296

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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