Muscat vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$541	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	8
😀 Quality of life	70	59
🏙️ Population	1.42M	24.7K

The cost of living in Muscat is 27% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4892nd and 3454th ($1090 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Oman and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Oman vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 2404th and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Victoria

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	Muscat	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408