Muscat vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Muscat	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2617	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$560	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1786	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	42	45
😀 Quality of life	74	68
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.08M

The cost of living in Muscat is 55% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4940th and 7085th ($1135 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2105th and 4594th 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	$5.21	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1059	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$678	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1539	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.6	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.4	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.53	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.51	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.2	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10792	$6043

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1080
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$796
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$575
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1214
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1457
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2183
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1473
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2420
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$627
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$575
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$563
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$813
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$545
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$2014
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$545
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1923
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$541
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1109
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1309
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1192
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$434
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$825
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$565
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$931
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$547
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1037
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$823
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$523
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$489
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$465

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537