Muscat vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$541	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$3273
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	59
😀 Quality of life	70	91
🏙️ Population	1.42M	526K

The cost of living in Muscat is 35% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4892nd and 2788th ($1090 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 75th 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 months in Nuremberg. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 2404th and 107th 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	$5.18	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$13791

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557