City comparison
Billings, MT is about 1,400 miles (2,200 km) from Huntsville, AL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,700 miles, or about 29 hours (about 3 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 Billings, MT to Huntsville, AL takes about 2 h 45 min, covering roughly 1,400 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.
Billings, MT is on Mountain Time and Huntsville, AL is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Billings, it's 1 p.m. in Huntsville, which puts Billings 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.
Huntsville has a population of 215,025, vs 117,093 in Billings — about 1.8× larger by population. By land area, Huntsville covers about 225 sq mi vs 46 sq mi for Billings.
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 | Billings | Huntsville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,064/mo | $1,020/mo | 4.3% higher in Billings |
| Median home value | $285,300 | $236,300 | 20.7% higher in Billings |
| Median household income | $69,692 | $67,874 | 2.7% higher in Billings |
| Groceries index | 96.7 | 96.6 | ≈ equal (Billings slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 77.2 | 84.9 | 10.0% higher in Huntsville |
| Transportation index | 99.3 | 97.0 | 2.3% higher in Billings |
| Healthcare index | 99.2 | 96.5 | 2.8% higher in Billings |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Billings, you'd need $100,011 in Huntsville to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Billings and Huntsville have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Billings, you'd need about $80,009 in Huntsville to keep the same standard of living.