City comparison
Amarillo, TX is about 325 miles (550 km) from Dallas, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 425 miles, or about 7 h behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Amarillo, TX to Dallas, TX takes about 40 min, covering roughly 325 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Amarillo, TX is on Mountain Time and Dallas, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Amarillo, it's 1 p.m. in Dallas, which puts Amarillo 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Dallas has a population of 1,300,642, vs 200,360 in Amarillo — about 6.5× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 105 sq mi for Amarillo.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Amarillo | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $997/mo | $1,305/mo | 30.9% higher in Dallas |
| Median home value | $172,700 | $270,700 | 56.7% higher in Dallas |
| Median household income | $60,628 | $63,985 | 5.5% higher in Dallas |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 101.7 | 8.0% higher in Dallas |
| Utilities index | 84.5 | 89.3 | 5.6% higher in Dallas |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 98.5 | 2.0% higher in Dallas |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 99.7 | 3.7% higher in Dallas |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Amarillo, you'd need $121,277 in Dallas to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Amarillo, TX is about 17.5% cheaper overall than Dallas, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 49% higher in Dallas than in Amarillo. If you earn $80,000 in Amarillo, you'd need about $97,022 in Dallas to keep the same standard of living.