Monaco City vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Monaco City	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7521	$1115
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$11494	$2693
🏠 One person rent	$6574	$556
🏘️ Family rent	$7881	$1047
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$350
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.4	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6596	$1754
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	21	44
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	38.4K	1.42M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 574% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 1st and 4877th ($7521 vs $1115) 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 0.9 months in Monaco City compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Monaco City ranked 1st best city to live in Monaco vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 622nd and 3144th 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	$21.8	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.7	$30.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$7.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.86	$11.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$5.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.84	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7570	$549
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6003	$387
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6433	$1200
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$7790	$795
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$65.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$299	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.7	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.89%	5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$84884	$1750
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$71727	$1275
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.6	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.37	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.37	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$3.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$4.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$8.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.7	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.46	$18.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$4.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.9	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.5	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.34	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.89	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.7	$45.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.4	$37.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$42.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$194	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2174	$189
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$43992	$8613

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$7161
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1465
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1724
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1514
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1738
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1517
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1765
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1434
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1133
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1281
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1543
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1414
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1360
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1497
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1202
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1503
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1655
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1397
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1609
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1382
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1559
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1244
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1548
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1428
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1571
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1165
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1476
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1715
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1422
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1448
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1265
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1355
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1362
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1308
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1588
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1612
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1498
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1457
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1444
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1635

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$999
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$786
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$686
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1047
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1609
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2082
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1769
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1499
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2313
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1803
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$642
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1628
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$547
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$530
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$828
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$523
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1799
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$560
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1726
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$467
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$556
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$516
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1219
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1266
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$429
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$804
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$550
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$558
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$871
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$543
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$991
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$784
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$876
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$539
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$540
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$929
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$547