Muscat vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$541	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	50
😀 Quality of life	70	90
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.02M

The cost of living in Muscat is 47% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 4892nd and 1701st ($1090 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Oman and Canada, respectively. Check Oman vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 2404th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Ottawa

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	Muscat	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$19030

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800