Monaco City vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Monaco City	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7861	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10082	$2617
🏠 One person rent	$6825	$560
🏘️ Family rent	$6182	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$768	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8072	$1786
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	21	42
😀 Quality of life	66	74
🏙️ Population	38.4K	1.42M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 593% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1st and 4940th ($7861 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Monaco and Oman, respectively. Check Monaco vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5110th and 2105th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Muscat

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	Monaco City	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$5.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.4	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$7.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.41	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.02	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7561	$578
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6344	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$7042	$1059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5552	$678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$77.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.28%	5.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$84253	$1728
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$62621	$1539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$74.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.94	$1.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.61	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$4.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$6.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$9.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.1	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.63	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$3.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$6.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.5	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$6.03	$4.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.5	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$55
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2320	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$47079	$10792

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4626
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1516
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1934
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1556
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1490
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1294
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1375
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1479
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1545
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1649
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1342
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1652
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1788
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1354
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1780
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1471
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1602
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1338
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1824
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1618
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1566
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1275
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1581
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1769
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1542
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1458
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1290
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1445
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1694
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1425
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1680
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1778
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1606
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1659
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1392
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1803

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1080
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$796
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$575
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1214
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1457
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2183
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1473
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2420
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$627
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$575
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$563
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$813
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$545
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$2014
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$545
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1923
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$541
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1109
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1309
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1192
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$434
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$825
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$565
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$931
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$547
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1037
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$823
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$523
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$489
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$465