Muscat vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Muscat	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2617	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$560	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1786	$3726
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	42	56
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	1.42M	526K

The cost of living in Muscat is 36% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4940th and 2945th ($1135 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 156th in Oman and Germany, respectively. Check Oman vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 2105th and 150th 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	$5.21	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1059	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$678	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1539	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.6	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.4	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.53	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.51	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.2	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10792	$17866

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767