Muscat vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Muscat	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1193	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2748	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$598	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$1012	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1664	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	42	56
😀 Quality of life	73	91
🏙️ Population	1.42M	526K

The cost of living in Muscat is 32% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4774th and 2992nd ($1193 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd in Oman and Germany, respectively. Check Oman vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Muscat compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 2223rd and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Nuremberg

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	Muscat	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.4	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$593	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1094	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$734	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.7	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.25%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2006	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1570	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.6	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.31	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.05	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.58	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.37	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.28	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.42	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.4	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.4	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$264	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10581	$19685

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1082
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$797
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$530
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1173
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1455
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2356
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1543
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2470
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$559
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$526
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$514
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$717
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$521
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$2100
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$494
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$2015
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$700
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$497
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1062
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1340
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1218
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$421
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$816
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$505
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$965
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$485
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1059
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$778
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$471
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$457
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$917
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$454

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729