Luanda vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Luanda	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1024	$1110
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2698
🏠 One person rent	$474	$551
🏘️ Family rent	$1436	$1053
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$1727
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	19	44
😀 Quality of life	54	68
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.42M

The cost of living in Luanda is 8% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 5518th and 4893rd ($1024 vs $1110) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Angola and Oman, respectively. Check Angola vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Luanda compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5940th and 3189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luanda vs Muscat

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	Luanda	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.91	$5.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.6	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.9	$7.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$11.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$5.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$498	$550
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2497	$1200
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$892	$801
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$133	$71.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.04%	4.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14404	$1760
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3193	$1270
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.36	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$3.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$4.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.84	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.82	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.49	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$3.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.48	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.23	$8.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$43.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$158	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12561	$8649

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Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$869
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$793
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$803
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$821
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$686
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$705
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$736
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$801
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$578
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$652
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$531
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$531
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$529
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1041
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$589
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$852
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$531
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$723
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$902
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$761
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$932
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$702
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$810
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$957
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$815
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$878
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1201
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$879
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$766
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$947
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$764
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$833
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$488
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$812
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1368
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$710
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$939

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$994
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$786
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$687
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1232
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1050
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2084
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1503
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$639
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$547
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$531
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$831
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$520
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1810
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$561
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1719
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$467
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$556
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1218
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1267
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1226
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$429
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$806
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$558
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$870
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$546
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$989
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$878
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$537
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$541
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$548