Muscat vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Muscat	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2496	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$532	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1722	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	43	7
😀 Quality of life	75	57
🏙️ Population	1.42M	77.6K

The cost of living in Muscat is 7% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 5037th and 5469th ($1081 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Oman and Thailand, respectively. Check Oman vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 1796th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Phuket

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	Muscat	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$555	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.7	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.08	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.61	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.46	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.41	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.44	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.1	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11063	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866