Hempstead vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$1772
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	97	43
😀 Quality of life	79	70
🏙️ Population	793K	1.42M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 144% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 556th and 4892nd ($2664 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th 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 Hempstead compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 636th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Muscat

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	Hempstead	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$10296

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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