Muscat vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Muscat	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2496	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$532	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1722	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	46
😀 Quality of life	75	60
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.2M

The cost of living in Muscat is 23% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5037th and 6322nd ($1081 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Oman and Russia, respectively. Check Oman vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 1796th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Muscat	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$555	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.7	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.08	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.61	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.46	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.41	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.44	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.1	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11063	$3800

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1078
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$792
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$573
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1449
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2521
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1419
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$624
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$568
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$557
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$808
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$534
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1849
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$530
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1770
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$529
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1201
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1237
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$430
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$817
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$553
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$908
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$530
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1008
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$873
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$503
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$477
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$930
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$453

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758