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Hotels in Muscat currently start at about € 33 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 63 and € 74 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 87 properties we can book here, 95% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 69% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8/10.
Muscat is strung along the coast for tens of kilometres between mountains and sea, so there is no centre in the usual sense. Mutrah has the corniche, the souq and the old harbour; the hotel strips further west are beach resorts. It is the calmest capital in the Gulf and the cheapest in our data.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 87 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 25 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 33 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 44 |
| Typical (median) price | € 63 |
| Upper quarter | € 104 |
| Typical 3-star | € 46 |
| Typical 4-star | € 74 |
| Typical 5-star | € 163 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
mosque in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
in the centregovernment-owned multi-purpose stadium in Oman
2.4 km from the centreopera house in Oman
9.2 km from the centrestadium in Muscat, Oman
12.8 km from the centrenatural history museum in Muscat, Oman
4.3 km from the centremosque in Bawshar Governarate, Muscat, Oman Sultanate
3.4 km from the centremosque located in Muscat, Oman
4.1 km from the centreCricket ground
15.9 km from the centrechildren's human science museum in Sultan Qaboos Street, Muscat Oman
10.4 km from the centreMuscat sits in Oman at 23.5880° N, 58.3829° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Corniche, souq and harbour, the most atmospheric part of the city.
Beach, restaurants, most of the mid-range hotels.
Business and embassies, practical, cheapest rooms.
Cliffside resorts east of the city, secluded.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Distances between sights are long and public transport is thin — a rental car makes the country work.
Effectively flat: 1.02 times between ordinary weeks, one of the steadiest markets we measure anywhere. October to April is the comfortable season; summer is very hot. 95% of rates can be cancelled free, the highest share in our entire dataset.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Muscat stayed within a factor of 1.02, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
No — it is the cheapest Gulf capital in our data, with a typical room well below Doha or Abu Dhabi, and prices that barely move between weeks.
Almost always: 95% of the rates we can book there are still refundable, the highest share of any destination we measure.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 33 per night for two people, the typical price is € 63, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 104. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 95% of the rooms available in Muscat can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
Effectively flat: 1.02 times between ordinary weeks, one of the steadiest markets we measure anywhere. October to April is the comfortable season; summer is very hot. 95% of rates can be cancelled free, the highest share in our entire dataset.
The OMR (OMR). Cards in cities; carry cash for souks and rural areas. The rial is worth more than the euro — check the amount twice.
10% where no service charge applies.
The best-known places are Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Royal Opera House Muscat, Royal Oman Police Stadium, Oman Natural History Museum. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Muscat stayed within a factor of 1.02, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.