Muscat vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$541	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	43	43
😀 Quality of life	70	64
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.08M

The cost of living in Muscat is 41% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4892nd and 6565th ($1090 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Oman and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Oman vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2404th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Nur-Sultan

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	Muscat	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512