Muscat vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$541	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	83
😀 Quality of life	70	93
🏙️ Population	1.42M	633K

The cost of living in Muscat is 44% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4892nd and 1961st ($1090 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Oman and Germany, respectively. Check Oman vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 2404th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Stuttgart

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	Muscat	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581