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Oman / Middle East

Muscat City Intelligence

Muscat is Oman's coastal capital with a calm urban profile and growing services activity, useful for Gulf-region comparison. Muscat is a middle east city of about ~1.6M metro in Oman. On the composite city-intelligence score, Muscat sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~1.6M metro
View of Muscat, Oman

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Overall score

Use the Muscat profile to compare cost framing, country-level transport and healthcare context, and arid-climate resilience.

Overall70/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality62/100
Energy68/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

70/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Muscat data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Muscat city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Muscat's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality62/100Muscat's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy68/100Muscat's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety67/100Muscat's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed69/100Muscat's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk64/100Muscat's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience64/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety72/100
Low crime74/100
Personal safety74/100
Night safety67/100
Road safety72/100

Muscat is estimated to be a generally safe city (72/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life67/100
Healthcare73/100
Education74/100
Green space42/100
Cleanliness74/100
Infrastructure84/100
Mobility60/100

Muscat has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (67/100), with notable strengths in infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness68/100
Education74/100
Green space42/100
Overall safety72/100

Muscat scores high for family living (68/100), helped by education access and safety.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability70/100
Walkability59/100
Cycling41/100
Infrastructure84/100

Muscat is high for remote workers (70/100), based on connectivity, affordability and safety and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability67/100
Healthcare73/100
Cleanliness74/100
Outdoor lifestyle19/100

Muscat is moderate for retirement (67/100), appealing for affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Muscat

Local public safety guidance for Muscat, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Muscat, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Oman emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Muscat

Healthcare context for Muscat, with national-level information from Oman where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Muscat, see the Oman healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Muscat

Local mobility context for Muscat, with national-level context from Oman where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Muscat, see the Oman transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Muscat. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Muscat

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Muscat will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Muscat air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

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Explore Muscat modules

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Cost of Living in Muscat

Muscat's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Muscat

Muscat's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Muscat

Muscat's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Muscat

Muscat's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Muscat

Muscat's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Muscat

Muscat's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Muscat

Cost of living estimates for Muscat — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Muscat

Climate profile for Muscat — Desert climate, annual average 26.3°C, comfort score 52/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Muscat

Economy and jobs profile for Muscat — government center, economy score 71/100, key industries including government, energy, finance. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Muscat

Education profile for Muscat — regional education center, education score 63/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Muscat

Healthcare and retirement profile for Muscat — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 66/100, retirement score 60/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Muscat

Estimate a monthly budget for Muscat using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Muscat

Plan a trip budget for Muscat using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Muscat

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Muscat. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Doha, Qatar

Cross-border · about 739 km from Muscat. Explore Doha's city intelligence profile.

Manama, Bahrain

Cross-border · about 858 km from Muscat. Explore Manama's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Muscat profile to compare cost framing, country-level transport and healthcare context, and arid-climate resilience. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (70/100) and internet speed (69/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (62/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Oman country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Muscat appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.