City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from Manchester, NH in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 35 hours (about 4 days at 10 h/day) 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 Austin, TX to Manchester, NH takes about 3 h 23 min, covering roughly 1,700 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.
Austin, TX is on Central Time and Manchester, NH is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Manchester, which puts Austin 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.
Austin has a population of 958,202, vs 115,037 in Manchester — about 8.3× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Manchester.
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 | Austin | Manchester | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,362/mo | 13.7% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $304,700 | 51.5% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $74,040 | 16.9% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 98.0 | 4.0% higher in Manchester |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 130.5 | 56.8% higher in Manchester |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 103.0 | 6.6% higher in Manchester |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 103.8 | 8.0% higher in Manchester |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Austin, you'd need $111,250 in Manchester to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Austin, TX is about 10.1% cheaper overall than Manchester, NH, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 9% higher in Manchester than in Austin. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $89,000 in Manchester to keep the same standard of living.