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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Muscat or Salzburg?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Muscat leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Salzburg 45: Salzburg leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Salzburg 25: Salzburg leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Salzburg 32: Muscat leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat and Salzburg are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatSalzburg
Official languageArabicGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m424 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatSalzburg
City population1,421,409155,021
People per km²4062,360
Museums within 10 km1038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.