Sohar City Guide

Sohar is the capital of Al Batinah North and Oman's leading industrial port city, anchored by the Port of Sohar and its adjacent free zone, which handle roughly 60 million tonnes of cargo a year and host more than RO 2.3 billion of committed investment. Property here is more affordable than Muscat, with residential pricing of roughly USD 1,300-1,800 per square metre, and rental yields generally run 5-8% gross driven by industrial-sector employment. Foreign buyers must be realistic, however: outside designated Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs), non-Omanis cannot own freehold land in Sohar, so most of the city remains Omani-ownership or leasehold/usufruct, and the freehold route depends on future ITC-grade resort projects rather than the existing housing stock.