Muscat vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Muscat	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2617	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$560	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$941	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1786	$4145
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	42	99
😀 Quality of life	74	98
🏙️ Population	1.42M	5.45M

The cost of living in Muscat is 60% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4940th and 348th ($1135 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Oman and Australia, respectively. Check Oman vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 2105th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Sydney

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	Muscat	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.21	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1059	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$678	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1539	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.6	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.4	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.53	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.51	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.2	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10792	$21946

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1080
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$796
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$575
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1214
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1457
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2183
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1473
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2420
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$627
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$575
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$563
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$813
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$545
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$2014
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$545
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1923
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$541
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1109
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1309
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1192
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$434
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$825
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$565
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$931
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$547
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1037
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$823
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$523
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$489
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$465

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864