Muscat vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Muscat	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2617	$5854
🏠 One person rent	$560	$1514
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$2239
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$740
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1786	$4328
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	42	100
😀 Quality of life	74	92
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.6M

The cost of living in Muscat is 56% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 4940th and 742nd ($1135 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 648th in Oman and the United States, respectively. Check Oman vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Philadelphia ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 2105th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/muscat/philadelphia.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Muscat vs Philadelphia infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/muscat/philadelphia" target="_blank">Muscat vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Muscat vs Philadelphia

Prices for goods and services in Muscat and Philadelphia are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Muscat	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.21	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$5.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$1612
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$1201
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1059	$2399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$678	$1810
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$72.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$3762
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1539	$1992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.6	$95.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.4	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$4.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$8.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$6.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$5.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$3.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.53	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.51	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.2	$60.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$49
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$2195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10792	$17603

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2612
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2604
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2699
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2636
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2412
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2632
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2572
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2626
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2493
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2549
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2609
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2600
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2612
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2350
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2639
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2639
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2793
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2445
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2392
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2541
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2520
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2315
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2668
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2603
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2207
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2648
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3077
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2609
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2740
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2802
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2835
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2753
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2835
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2301
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2933
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2171
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2684
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2801