Photo: Andries Oudshoorn · CC BY SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Oman
Arabic · OMR · Gulf Standard Time
How it scores for living there
- 47%Cost of livingRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 0%Income taxRated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- NoneCapital gainsRated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 29MbpsInternetRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 1.99Doctors /1,000Rated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 47PM2.5 ug/m3Rated 1 of 5 for living there, bad
- 0.1Homicide /100kRated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 80.2Life expectancyRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 95%People onlineRated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 55Corruption indexRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 5of 12Mild monthsRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
Facts, not judgements
- UTC+4Time zone
- OMRCurrency
- ArabicLanguage
- GPower plug
- 3.5mVisitors in 2019
Colour says whether a figure is good for someone moving in, not whether it is high: cheap is green and expensive is red. Every coloured box carries the reason for its colour, the bar under it repeats the score as a width, and boxes with no data are not drawn.
Nomads in Oman
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Who can help you in Oman
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Climate and cost by city
Average monthly temperature and rainfall from Open-Meteo ERA5 (2019-2023 mean, CC BY 4.0). Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine. Price level from the World Bank ICP survey, same-year pairing, omitted where the survey does not cover the country.
Cost of living and lifestyle
Day to day, Oman costs about 47% of the US level, on a World Bank income of $39k per person (PPP, 2024).
That percentage is measured against your country, not against ours. It follows the country picker in the header, or your account if you are signed in. With neither, it falls back to the United States, which is the 100 of the World Bank index, and the sentence says so.
World Bank ICP price level (US=100) and GNI per capita PPP, CC BY 4.0. It is a national average: a capital runs above it and a small town below it.
Getting to Oman
Its main airport has non-stop service to 54 airports in the OpenFlights route database.
| From | Routing | Flight time | Cheapest fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | Non-stop | 1h 15m | €169 |
| Milano | Non-stop | 6h 20m | €518 |
| Frankfurt | Non-stop | 6h 30m | €748 |
| Paris | Non-stop | 7h 00m | €530 |
| London | Non-stop | 7h 10m | €635 |
Airports and non-stop routes from OpenFlights (Open Database License). Fares and flight times are cached one-way economy prices from Travelpayouts, the cheapest seen recently rather than a live quote or an average. They move; treat them as an order of magnitude.
What to see in Oman
Ordered by how many people looked each place up over the last twelve months, so the list is measured interest and not our taste.
mosque
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
3,325 readers a month look it up
mountain range
Al Hajar Mountains
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royal palace
Al Alam Palace
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mountain
Jebel Jais
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mountain
Jabal Hafit
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mountain
Jabal Al Harim
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mountain range
Al Akhdar Mountains
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port
Port of Salalah
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Photo credits
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque: Mostafameraji, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Al Hajar Mountains: JSPhotography2016, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Al Alam Palace: Ji-Elle, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jebel Jais: IbrahimKumar, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jabal Hafit: Shahinmusthafa Shahin Olakara, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jabal Al Harim: Jc8136, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Al Akhdar Mountains: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Port of Salalah: Balou46, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The practical basics
- Local time…Gulf Standard Time, Asia/Muscat
- CurrencyOMRISO 4217
- LanguagesArabic
- PlugsG240/415 V 50 Hz
- Safe tap water91%of people on a safely managed supply, World Bank 2024
- UK travel adviceNo blanket warningFCDO, reviewed 2026-07-22
- Population5.5mWorld Bank
Currency codes ISO 4217; plugs and voltage from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); time zone and flag from the countries-states-cities database (ODbL 1.0); travel advice from the UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3).
How many people visit
Oman logged 869,000 international arrivals in 2020, the last year the World Bank series covers. That is a pandemic year and it is not what a normal year looks like: in 2019 the same series counted 3.5 million.
World Bank indicator ST.INT.ARVL, international tourism arrivals, CC BY 4.0. Arrivals count trips, not people: the same visitor twice in a year counts twice.
Tax in Oman, in one line
Oman levies no personal income tax on residents. Capital gains: 0% for individuals (no personal income/capital gains tax currently); corporate gains taxed within the 15% CIT.
Tax figures are compiled by us and are being re-verified against primary sources. General information, not tax advice.
Data: World Bank, Open-Meteo, M-Lab, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, under open licences. General information, not tax or legal advice.