Muscat vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Muscat	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1193	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2748	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$598	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1012	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1664	$928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	48
😀 Quality of life	73	63
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.2M

The cost of living in Muscat is 14% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4774th and 5192nd ($1193 vs $1051) 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 1.4 months in Muscat compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 2223rd and 5476th 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	$5.24	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.4	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$593	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1094	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$734	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.7	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.25%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2006	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1570	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.6	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.31	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.05	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.58	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.37	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.28	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.42	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.4	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.4	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$264	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10581	$5021

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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

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873