Muscat vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Muscat	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2496	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$532	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1722	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	56
😀 Quality of life	75	92
🏙️ Population	1.42M	526K

The cost of living in Muscat is 39% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5037th and 2865th ($1081 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 145th 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 19th in Germany, while ranked 1796th and 132nd 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	$5.15	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$555	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.7	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.08	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.61	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.46	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.41	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.44	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11063	$15497

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1078
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$792
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$573
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1449
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2521
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1419
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$624
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$568
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$557
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$808
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$534
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1849
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$530
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1770
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$529
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1201
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1237
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$430
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$817
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$553
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$908
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$530
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1008
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$873
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$503
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$477
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$930
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$453

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719