Muscat vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Muscat	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1126	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2744	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$569	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1705	$626
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	43
😀 Quality of life	68	63
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.08M

The cost of living in Muscat is 38% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4635th and 6335th ($1126 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Oman and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Oman vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Muscat compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3535th and 4845th 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	$5.2	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.5	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$587	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$391	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1239	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.73%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1789	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1167	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.7	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.85	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.3	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.95	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.84	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.97	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8464	$8086

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1164
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$787
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$779
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1191
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1132
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$1841
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1612
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2229
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$672
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$573
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$544
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$822
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$604
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1872
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$798
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1810
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$457
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$890
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1285
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1375
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1327
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$417
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$844
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$606
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$959
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$604
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1005
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$868
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$606
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$621
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$910
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$646

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651