Mexico City vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$1193
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$2748
🏠 One person rent	$792	$598
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$1012
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$1664
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	93	42
😀 Quality of life	73	73
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.42M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 24% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 4074th and 4774th ($1475 vs $1193) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Mexico and Oman, respectively. Check Mexico vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 1.4 months in Muscat. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 2482nd and 2223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Muscat

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	Mexico City	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$12.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$734
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$89.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	5.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$2006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$1570
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$77.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$5.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$4.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$65.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$264
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$10581

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1082
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$797
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$530
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1173
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1455
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2356
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1543
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2470
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$559
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$526
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$514
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$717
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$521
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$2100
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$494
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$2015
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$700
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$497
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1062
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1340
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1218
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$421
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$816
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$505
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$965
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$485
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1059
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$778
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$471
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$457
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$917
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$454