Medan vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$2496
🏠 One person rent	$186	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$1722
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	55	43
😀 Quality of life	62	75
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.42M

The cost of living in Medan is 57% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 8825th and 5037th ($466 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 1st in Indonesia and Oman, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Medan ranked 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5663rd and 1796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Muscat

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	Medan	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$5.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$4.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$555
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$66.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$68.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$1488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$1333
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$9.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$3.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$9.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$6.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$5.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$83.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$11063

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534

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