Muscat vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$541	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	70	100
🏙️ Population	1.42M	4.84M

The cost of living in Muscat is 57% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4892nd and 745th ($1090 vs $2539) 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 1.7 months in Sydney. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 2404th 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	$5.18	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683