Muscat vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Muscat	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2496	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$532	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1722	$5254
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	43	86
😀 Quality of life	75	93
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.39M

The cost of living in Muscat is 69% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 5037th and 43rd ($1081 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd 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 1.5 months in San Diego. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 1796th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs San Diego

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	Muscat	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$555	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.7	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.08	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.61	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.46	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.41	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.44	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11063	$28967

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782