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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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. London 25, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Muscat 44: London leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Muscat 55: London leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Muscat 14: London leads by 74 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 13 points.
Day trips. London 90, Muscat 62: London leads by 28 points.
Good for families. London 82, Muscat 52: London leads by 30 points.
Getting around. London 85, Muscat 20: London leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Muscat 42: London leads by 53 points.
Affordability. London 15, Muscat 45: Muscat leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Muscat 40: London leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Muscat.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and getting around 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonMuscat
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112 or 999968
Elevation4 m69 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLondonMuscat
City population8,799,7281,421,409
People per km²5,598406
Museums within 10 km21610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.