Maputo vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Maputo	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$915	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2130	$2496
🏠 One person rent	$428	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$677	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.3	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$1722
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	29	43
😀 Quality of life	42	75
🏙️ Population	1.13M	1.42M

The cost of living in Maputo is 15% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 6137th and 5037th ($915 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mozambique and Oman, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Maputo compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 7527th and 1796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Muscat

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	Maputo	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.36	$5.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$555
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$253	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$448	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$66.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.6	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$68.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.12%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$1488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2063	$1333
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$9.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$3.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$9.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$6.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.65	$5.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.89	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$83.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5749	$11063

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$908
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$469
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$599
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$827
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$830
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$838
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$740
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$826
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$892
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$975
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$984
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$890
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$892
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$706
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$984
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$875
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$940
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$808
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$762
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$650
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$577
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$514
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$873
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$598
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$668
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$833
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$637
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$536
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$996
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$901
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$607

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