Muscat vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Muscat	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1115	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2693	$2032
🏠 One person rent	$556	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1047	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$350	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1754	$498
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	45
😀 Quality of life	68	54
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.96M

The cost of living in Muscat is 37% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4877th and 6393rd ($1115 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Oman and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Oman vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 3144th and 5912th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Muscat vs Tashkent infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/muscat/tashkent.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Muscat vs Tashkent infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/muscat/tashkent" target="_blank">Muscat vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Muscat vs Tashkent

Prices for goods and services in Muscat and Tashkent are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Muscat	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$5.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.9	$27.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.23	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$1.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$549	$587
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$387	$374
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1200	$1215
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$716
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.3	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5%	22.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1750	$1643
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1275	$903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$11.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$2.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.3	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$6.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$8.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.02	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.3	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.8	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$4.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.1	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.97	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$189	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8613	$9173

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$999
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$786
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$686
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1047
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1609
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2082
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1769
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1499
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2313
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1803
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$642
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1628
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$547
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$530
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$828
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$523
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1799
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$560
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1726
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$467
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$556
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$516
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1219
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1266
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$429
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$804
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$550
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$558
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$871
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$543
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$991
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$784
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$876
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$539
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$540
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$929
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$547

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$428
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$659
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$656
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$670
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$670
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$662
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$670
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$464
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$475
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$533
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$662
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$460
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$529
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$652
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$569
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$657
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$660
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$433
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$453
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$711
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$677
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$536
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$465
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$469
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$655
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$455
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$451
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$657
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$637
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$834