Muscat vs Naples - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Naples
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$1396
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$3278
🏠 One person rent	$541	$694
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$1182
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$434
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$1270
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	77
😀 Quality of life	70	82
🏙️ Population	1.42M	913K

The cost of living in Muscat is 22% less expensive than in Naples. Cities ranked 4892nd and 3883rd ($1090 vs $1396) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Oman and Italy, respectively. Check Oman vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.9 months in Naples. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Naples ranked 8th in Italy, while ranked 2404th and 465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Naples

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	Muscat	Naples
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$56.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$721
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$511
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1409
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$870
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$27.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$5006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$41.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$8.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$6.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$2.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$9.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$79.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$5500

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551

Cities near Naples

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.4 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
12 km or 7.6 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
25 km or 15 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
27 km or 17 mi	Caserta	$1181
28 km or 17 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
28 km or 17 mi	Aversa	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Amalfi	$1521
46 km or 29 mi	Salerno	$1380
46 km or 29 mi	Avellino	$1061
55 km or 34 mi	Benevento	$1165
88 km or 55 mi	Campobasso	$955
98 km or 61 mi	Terracina	$1340
117 km or 72 mi	Frosinone	$1046
129 km or 80 mi	Foggia	$1161
132 km or 82 mi	Potenza	$1229
133 km or 83 mi	Latina	$1250
144 km or 90 mi	Colleferro	$1270
146 km or 91 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
150 km or 93 mi	Avezzano	$1058
152 km or 94 mi	Anzio	$1289
157 km or 98 mi	San Giovanni Rotondo	$1221
169 km or 105 mi	Chieti	$1294
170 km or 106 mi	Frascati	$1562
178 km or 111 mi	Andria	$1228
179 km or 111 mi	Barletta	$1070
181 km or 113 mi	Pescara	$1312
184 km or 114 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
188 km or 117 mi	Trani	$1301
189 km or 117 mi	Rome	$1718
191 km or 119 mi	Vatican City	$964
199 km or 124 mi	Matera	$1134
201 km or 125 mi	Molfetta	$1264
208 km or 129 mi	Teramo	$1171
210 km or 130 mi	Rieti	$1224
220 km or 137 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
222 km or 138 mi	Bari	$1337
232 km or 144 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
234 km or 145 mi	Terni	$1004
241 km or 150 mi	Cosenza	$1072
248 km or 154 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543