Male vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$814	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$1772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	7	43
😀 Quality of life	62	70
🏙️ Population	133K	1.42M

The cost of living in Male is 20% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 4205th and 4892nd ($1304 vs $1090) 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 1 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 4917th and 2404th 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	$5.5	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$10296

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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