Muscat vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Muscat	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2496	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$532	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$885	$857
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$64.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1722	$700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	29
😀 Quality of life	75	57
🏙️ Population	1.42M	431K

The cost of living in Muscat is 10% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 5037th and 5698th ($1081 vs $985) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Oman and Namibia, respectively. Check Oman vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 0.7 months in Windhoek. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 1796th and 6153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Windhoek

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	Muscat	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$2.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$555	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1015	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$633
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$83.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.7	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	11.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$718
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$46.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.08	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.61	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$5.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$6.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.46	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.41	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.44	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$5.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$8
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.1	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$225
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11063	$5380

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Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1078
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$792
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$573
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1449
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2521
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1419
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$624
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$568
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$557
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$808
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$534
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1849
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$530
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1770
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$529
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1201
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1237
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$430
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$817
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$553
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$908
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$530
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1008
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$873
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$503
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$477
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$930
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$453

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$904
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$924
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$927
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$948
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$857
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$819
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$807
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$607
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$637
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$637
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$668
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$833
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$536
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$577
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$861
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$514
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$653
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$587
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$606
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$875
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$762
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$984
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$890
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$984
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$719
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$975
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$892
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$684
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$826