Muscat vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$541	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$1728
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	15
😀 Quality of life	70	47
🏙️ Population	1.42M	886K

The cost of living in Muscat is 1% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 4892nd and 4967th ($1090 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Oman and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Oman vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 2404th and 6450th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Tabuk

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	Muscat	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$8574

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028