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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Muscat or Nuremberg?

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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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. Muscat 72, Nuremberg 14: Muscat leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Nuremberg 53: Nuremberg leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Nuremberg 40: Nuremberg leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Nuremberg 56: Muscat leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Nuremberg 45: Nuremberg leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Nuremberg 50: Nuremberg leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Nuremberg 52: Nuremberg leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Nuremberg 47: Muscat leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatNuremberg
Official languageArabicGerman
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number968112
Elevation69 m209 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatNuremberg
City population1,421,409531,159
People per km²4062,848
Museums within 10 km1050
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.