Muscat vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Muscat	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1110	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2698	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$551	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1053	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1727	$501
😷 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 36% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4893rd and 6377th ($1110 vs $816) 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 3189th and 5908th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Tashkent

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	Muscat	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.3	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.15	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1200	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$801	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.8	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.99%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1760	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1270	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.31	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.5	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.56	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.5	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.1	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$190	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8649	$9093

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$994
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$786
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$687
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1232
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1050
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2084
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1503
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$639
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$547
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$531
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$831
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$520
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1810
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$561
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1719
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$467
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$556
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1218
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1267
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1226
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$429
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$806
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$558
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$870
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$546
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$989
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$878
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$537
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$541
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$548

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838