City comparison
Beaumont, CA is about 275 miles (450 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 350 miles, or about 5 h 45 min 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 Beaumont, CA to Phoenix, AZ takes about 34 min, covering roughly 275 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.
Beaumont, CA is on Pacific Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Beaumont, it's 1 p.m. in Phoenix, which puts Beaumont 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 53,544 in Beaumont — about 30.1× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 30 sq mi for Beaumont.
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 | Beaumont | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,437/mo | $1,322/mo | 8.7% higher in Beaumont |
| Median home value | $428,100 | $340,200 | 25.8% higher in Beaumont |
| Median household income | $102,469 | $72,092 | 42.1% higher in Beaumont |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 95.8 | 6.1% higher in Beaumont |
| Utilities index | 146.5 | 96.2 | 52.3% higher in Beaumont |
| Transportation index | 101.6 | 104.1 | 2.5% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 101.5 | 104.0 | 2.5% higher in Phoenix |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Beaumont, you'd need $93,019 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Phoenix, AZ is about 7% cheaper overall than Beaumont, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 7% higher in Beaumont than in Phoenix. If you earn $80,000 in Beaumont, you'd need about $74,415 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.