Muscat vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$541	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$5544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	70	95
🏙️ Population	1.42M	8.8M

The cost of living in Muscat is 75% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4892nd and 3rd ($1090 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Oman and the United States, respectively. Check Oman vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 2404th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs New York City

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	Muscat	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111