Muscat vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$541	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	43	7
😀 Quality of life	70	53
🏙️ Population	1.42M	77.6K

The cost of living in Muscat is 16% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 4892nd and 5827th ($1090 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 0.8 months in Phuket. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 2404th and 6063rd 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	$5.18	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$13013

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810