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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Boston or Muscat?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Boston for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Boston’s own page.

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Boston 35, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Muscat 44: Boston leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Muscat 55: Boston leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Muscat 14: Boston leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Muscat 62: Boston leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Muscat 52: Boston leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Muscat 20: Boston leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Muscat 42: Boston leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Muscat 45: Muscat leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Muscat 40: Boston leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Muscat.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonMuscat
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number911968
Elevation43 m69 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBostonMuscat
City population675,6471,421,409
People per km²2,910406
Museums within 10 km5110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.