Muscat vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Muscat	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1193	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2748	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$598	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1012	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1664	$3694
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	99
😀 Quality of life	73	94
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.1M

The cost of living in Muscat is 51% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4774th and 964th ($1193 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Oman and France, respectively. Check Oman vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Muscat compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 2223rd and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Paris

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	Muscat	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.24	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.73	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.4	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$593	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1094	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$734	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.7	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.25%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2006	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1570	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.6	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.31	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.05	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.58	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.44	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.37	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.28	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.42	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.4	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.4	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$264	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10581	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506