Muscat vs Seville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Seville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$1255
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$2767
🏠 One person rent	$541	$680
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$1029
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$86.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$1925
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	58
😀 Quality of life	70	81
🏙️ Population	1.42M	687K

The cost of living in Muscat is 13% less expensive than in Seville. Cities ranked 4892nd and 4325th ($1090 vs $1255) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 67th in Oman and Spain, respectively. Check Oman vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.5 months in Seville. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Seville ranked 8th in Spain, while ranked 2404th and 492nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Seville

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	Muscat	Seville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$751
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1286
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$809
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$61
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$93.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$31.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	3.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$3611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$2095
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$34.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$11.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$7.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$6.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$8.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$72.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$81
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$6034

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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 Seville

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
32 km or 20 mi	Carmona	$1197
49 km or 31 mi	Almonte	$1165
72 km or 45 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
77 km or 48 mi	Moguer	$1124
77 km or 48 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
82 km or 51 mi	Ecija	$1201
87 km or 54 mi	Huelva	$1081
91 km or 57 mi	Rota	$1358
98 km or 61 mi	Cadiz	$1359
102 km or 63 mi	Ronda	$893
109 km or 67 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
121 km or 75 mi	Cordoba	$1100
130 km or 81 mi	Estepona	$1395
132 km or 82 mi	Antequera	$1178
138 km or 86 mi	Marbella	$2040
140 km or 87 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
147 km or 91 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
147 km or 92 mi	Algeciras	$889
148 km or 92 mi	Mijas	$1353
150 km or 93 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
150 km or 93 mi	Tavira	$1373
153 km or 95 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
154 km or 96 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
156 km or 97 mi	Tarifa	$1196
158 km or 98 mi	Malaga	$1430
164 km or 102 mi	Loja	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Olhao	$1291
173 km or 108 mi	Merida	$1126
177 km or 110 mi	Ceuta	$1141
177 km or 110 mi	Faro	$1263
178 km or 110 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
178 km or 111 mi	Tangier	$679
182 km or 113 mi	Martos	$1204
182 km or 113 mi	Beja	$905
182 km or 113 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
182 km or 113 mi	Loule	$1415
188 km or 117 mi	Badajoz	$1014
198 km or 123 mi	Jaen	$930
203 km or 126 mi	Albufeira	$1950