Muscat vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$541	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	49
😀 Quality of life	70	58
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.63M

The cost of living in Muscat is 56% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4892nd and 6907th ($1090 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th 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 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 2404th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Novosibirsk

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	Muscat	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648