⭐️ Total score | 2.41/5 (Rank #1071) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,033 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 25°C76°F (feels 25°C77°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 70% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 55 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 165 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,190 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Oman |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 25°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 165 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | OMR 100 = USD 260 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | BizHub |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | GoodCoworking |
☕️ Best coffee place | Rendez Vous Coffee shop |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Valley VIEW CAFE |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 25,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $14,277 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 61% 👱♀️ 39% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Dubizzle |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Oman Air |
🏥 Best hospital | Muscat Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,033 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,125 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,882 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,395 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,327 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,005 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $62 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $66 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $364 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1.38 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2.47 |
☕️ Coffee | $1.74 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 10239° hot | 11546° scorching | 12451° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10943° scorching | 9937° hot | 8630° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm |
Humidity | nice 52% | nice 61% | nice 40% | nice 37% | nice 37% | nice 49% | nice 55% | nice 62% | nice 55% | nice 57% | nice 51% | nice 59% |
Rain | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 7mm | dry 0mm | dry 9mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 49mm | dry 3mm | dry 14mm |
Cloud | clear 2% | clear 8% | clear 4% | clear 8% | pockets 14% | clear 4% | pockets 44% | pockets 24% | pockets 33% | clear 8% | clear 5% | pockets 27% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 320 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 467 people | 200 people | 250 people | 333 people | 200 people | 267 people | 360 people | 867 people |
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