Male vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2496
🏠 One person rent	$818	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1722
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	7	43
😀 Quality of life	66	75
🏙️ Population	133K	1.42M

The cost of living in Male is 22% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 4439th and 5037th ($1320 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Oman, respectively. Check Maldives vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5057th and 1796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Muscat

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	Male	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$5.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$555
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$66.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$68.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$1488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1333
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$9.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$3.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$9.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$6.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$83.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$11063

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1078
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$792
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$573
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1449
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2521
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1419
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$624
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$568
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$557
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$808
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$534
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1849
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$530
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1770
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$529
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1201
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1237
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$430
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$817
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$553
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$908
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$530
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1008
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$873
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$503
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$477
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$930
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$453