Muscat vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Muscat	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2496	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$532	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1722	$4100
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	81
😀 Quality of life	75	92
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.43M

The cost of living in Muscat is 47% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 5037th and 1930th ($1081 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1571st 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 2 months in San Antonio. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 1796th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs San Antonio

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	Muscat	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$555	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.7	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.08	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.61	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.46	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.41	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.44	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11063	$15049

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154