Muscat vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Muscat	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1110	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2698	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$551	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$1053	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1727	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	46
😀 Quality of life	68	55
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.21M

The cost of living in Muscat is 74% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4893rd and 7383rd ($1110 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th 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 3189th and 5846th 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	$5.16	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.3	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.15	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1200	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$801	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.8	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.99%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1760	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1270	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.31	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.5	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.56	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.1	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$190	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8649	$5245

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$994
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$786
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$687
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1232
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1050
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2084
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1503
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$639
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$547
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$531
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$831
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$520
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1810
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$561
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1719
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$467
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$556
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1218
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1267
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1226
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$429
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$806
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$558
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$870
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$546
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$989
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$878
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$537
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$541
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$548

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519