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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Muscat or Vancouver?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Muscat leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Vancouver 42: Muscat leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Vancouver 45: Muscat leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Vancouver 27: Muscat leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Vancouver 50: Muscat leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatVancouver
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number968911
Elevation69 m2 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatVancouver
City population1,421,409662,248
People per km²4065,759
Museums within 10 km1026
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.