Muscat vs Zaragoza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Muscat	Zaragoza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1090	$1101
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2569	$2539
🏠 One person rent	$541	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$671
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1772	$1637
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	27
😀 Quality of life	70	59
🏙️ Population	1.42M	687K

The cost of living in Muscat is 1% less expensive than in Zaragoza. Cities ranked 4892nd and 4828th ($1090 vs $1101) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 120th in Oman and Spain, respectively. Check Oman vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Muscat compared to 1.5 months in Zaragoza. Muscat ranked 1st best city to live in Oman vs Zaragoza ranked 99th in Spain, while ranked 2404th and 5447th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Muscat vs Zaragoza

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	Muscat	Zaragoza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.86	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$519
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$56.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$86.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$4315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1296	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.37	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.24	$5.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$3.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$92.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$474
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10296	$7261

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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 Zaragoza

Distance	City	Cost of living
67 km or 42 mi	Huesca	$1071
76 km or 47 mi	Tudela	$1241
126 km or 78 mi	Lleida	$1235
144 km or 90 mi	Pamplona	$1422
158 km or 98 mi	Logrono	$983
174 km or 108 mi	Vinaros	$1275
187 km or 116 mi	Tarragona	$1217
188 km or 117 mi	Pau	$1296
193 km or 120 mi	Tarbes	$1369
199 km or 123 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
200 km or 124 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
201 km or 125 mi	Villarreal	$1131
202 km or 125 mi	Irun	$1453
203 km or 126 mi	Errenteria	$1461
205 km or 127 mi	Cuenca	$1084
206 km or 128 mi	San Sebastian	$1477
207 km or 128 mi	Borriana	$1150
211 km or 131 mi	Zarautz	$1438
211 km or 131 mi	Biarritz	$1562
215 km or 133 mi	Eibar	$1365
218 km or 136 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
222 km or 138 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
223 km or 138 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
223 km or 139 mi	Ordino	$1592
225 km or 140 mi	Manresa	$1089
225 km or 140 mi	Sagunto	$1220
241 km or 149 mi	Terrassa	$1361
241 km or 150 mi	Requena	$1261
243 km or 151 mi	Rubi	$1393
244 km or 152 mi	Burgos	$1107
245 km or 152 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
246 km or 153 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
247 km or 153 mi	Valencia	$1522
247 km or 153 mi	Bilbao	$1455
248 km or 154 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
249 km or 155 mi	Sabadell	$1431
250 km or 156 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
254 km or 158 mi	Ripollet	$1454
255 km or 159 mi	Portugalete	$1385
256 km or 159 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387