Muscat Guide for Digital Nomads

Weather in Muscat by month

The warmest month is June, at about 103°F (40°C) in the afternoon, and the coolest is January, at about 77°F (25°C).

The most rain falls in March.

From NOAA's monthly station summaries for Seeb International, Mu (12.6 km away), averaged over 2011 to 2025.

Internet in Muscat

In M-Lab's open speed tests within 25 km of Muscat, half came in above 43 Mbps download and 24 Mbps upload, and the fastest quarter of lines above 93 Mbps.

That's 157,606 download tests from September 2025 to September 2026.

The typical figure counts every line, cheap and mobile ones too; a fiber line in a good apartment or coworking space is closer to the fastest quarter.

Test yours when you get there with my internet speed test.

Cost of living in Muscat

One person spends about $1,607 a month in Muscat, with a furnished place to stay:

The rent is estimated from Oman's housing prices, as Inside Airbnb doesn't cover Muscat.

The rest is what a one-person US household spends (the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2024 survey), at Oman's prices for each (the World Bank's 2021 price comparison).

Coworking, insurance and flights come on top.

Air quality in Muscat

By an estimate, the air in Muscat carries about 32 µg/m³ of fine particles (PM2.5) over a year, 6.4 times the WHO's guideline of 5 µg/m³.

The cleanest month is January, at about 17 µg/m³, and the haziest is July.

In July it climbs to about 65 µg/m³, so plan around it if you're sensitive to smoke or haze.

No open air quality station is within 25 km of Muscat, so these are estimates from Copernicus's CAMS air model for the surrounding area (an 80 km grid, 2023 to 2025, CC BY 4.0), adjusted to what stations measure elsewhere.

Take them as a guide: the model can be well off in big cities, and a measured figure replaces it once a station opens.

Is Muscat safe?

The US State Department rates Oman Level 3 ("Reconsider travel", updated 2026-08-30).

Level 3 means the US asks you to reconsider the trip.

Some advisories raise the level for parts of a country, so read the full advisory before you book.

Work and stay in Muscat

Where to work and live with other remote workers, from each finder:

See them all on a map, with hours, photos and directions, in the free Wi-Fi spots.

Visas, taxes and residency in Oman

Before you plan a long stay, check what your passport allows and what staying does to your taxes:

• Can you stay? – see where your passport goes without a visa on the visa-free countries map, and whether Oman has a visa for remote workers in the digital nomad visa finder
• Tax – compare Oman's income tax with other countries in tax rates by country
• Foreign income – Oman has no personal income tax; see the rule and its exceptions on the territorial tax map

Each tool reads the official rules, so the answer is for your own passport and income.

Money in Muscat

A card with no foreign fee and an account that holds several currencies make a stay much cheaper:

• Accounts – the best bank accounts for digital nomads, by where you live
• Cards – what a card costs you abroad in the card fees abroad calculator
• Sending money – the cheapest way to move money there in the money transfer comparison

The finders show only accounts and cards you can open from where you live.

Time zone

Muscat runs on Muscat time (Asia/Muscat).

See how many working hours you'd share with your clients or team in the time zone overlap calculator.