Muscat vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$541	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	50
😀 Quality of life	70	48
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.57M

The cost of living in Muscat is 85% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4892nd and 7787th ($1090 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Oman and Iran, respectively. Check Oman vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 2404th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Shiraz

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	Muscat	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723