Munich vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$1193
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$2748
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$598
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$1012
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$1664
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	90	42
😀 Quality of life	94	73
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.42M

The cost of living in Munich is 112% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 863rd and 4774th ($2525 vs $1193) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Germany and Oman, respectively. Check Germany vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 1.4 months in Muscat. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 44th and 2223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Muscat

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	Munich	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$7.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$12.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$734
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$89.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	5.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$2006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$1570
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$77.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$4.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$65.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$264
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$10581

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714

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