Monaco City vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Monaco City	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7483	$1193
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9886	$2748
🏠 One person rent	$6445	$598
🏘️ Family rent	$5999	$1012
🍽️ Food expenses	$763	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$9172	$1664
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	21	42
😀 Quality of life	66	73
🏙️ Population	38.9K	1.42M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 527% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1st and 4774th ($7483 vs $1193) 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 1.2 months in Monaco City compared to 1.4 months in Muscat. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5012th and 2223rd 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	$22.5	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.6	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$7.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.88	$12.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.17	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6949	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6027	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6797	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5389	$734
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$89.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$270	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.25%	5.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$74781	$2006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$57868	$1570
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.31	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$77.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.2	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.31	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.11	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.11	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.58	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.5	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.9	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.94	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88	$65.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.2	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$44.8	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$140	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2267	$264
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$46388	$10581

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4967
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1568
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1901
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1604
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1863
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1541
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$2002
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1469
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1264
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1386
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1578
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1488
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1530
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1613
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1320
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1659
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1853
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1335
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1759
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1429
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1563
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1320
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1827
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1565
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1542
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1226
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1560
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1725
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1501
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1479
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1271
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1673
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1467
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1674
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1803
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1556
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1669
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1352
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1716

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