City comparison
Buffalo, NY is about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from Cheyenne, WY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,700 miles, or about 28 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 Buffalo, NY to Cheyenne, WY takes about 2 h 40 min, covering roughly 1,300 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.
Buffalo, NY is on Eastern Time and Cheyenne, WY is on Mountain Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Buffalo, it's 10 a.m. in Cheyenne, which puts Buffalo 2 hours ahead.
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.
Buffalo has a population of 276,688, vs 64,795 in Cheyenne — about 4.3× larger by population. By land area, Buffalo covers about 40 sq mi vs 36 sq mi for Cheyenne.
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 | Buffalo | Cheyenne | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $942/mo | $993/mo | 5.4% higher in Cheyenne |
| Median home value | $132,100 | $283,100 | 114.3% higher in Cheyenne |
| Median household income | $46,184 | $74,989 | 62.4% higher in Cheyenne |
| Groceries index | 99.8 | 96.2 | 3.8% higher in Buffalo |
| Utilities index | 126.8 | 82.2 | 54.2% higher in Buffalo |
| Transportation index | 97.6 | 100.8 | 3.3% higher in Cheyenne |
| Healthcare index | 98.4 | 100.8 | 2.4% higher in Cheyenne |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Buffalo, you'd need $99,882 in Cheyenne to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Buffalo and Cheyenne have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 10% higher in Cheyenne than in Buffalo. If you earn $80,000 in Buffalo, you'd need about $79,906 in Cheyenne to keep the same standard of living.