City comparison
Clovis, CA is about 850 miles (1,300 km) from Colorado Springs, CO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 hours 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 Clovis, CA to Colorado Springs, CO takes about 1 h 39 min, covering roughly 850 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.
Clovis, CA is on Pacific Time and Colorado Springs, CO is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Clovis, it's 1 p.m. in Colorado Springs, which puts Clovis 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.
Colorado Springs has a population of 479,612, vs 120,607 in Clovis — about 4.0× larger by population. By land area, Colorado Springs covers about 200 sq mi vs 26 sq mi for Clovis.
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 | Clovis | Colorado Springs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,482/mo | $1,464/mo | 1.2% higher in Clovis |
| Median home value | $420,700 | $383,000 | 9.8% higher in Clovis |
| Median household income | $98,554 | $79,026 | 24.7% higher in Clovis |
| Groceries index | 105.1 | 96.8 | 8.6% higher in Clovis |
| Utilities index | 157.8 | 87.0 | 81.4% higher in Clovis |
| Transportation index | 100.7 | 100.3 | ≈ equal (Clovis slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 100.6 | 100.2 | ≈ equal (Clovis slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Clovis, you'd need $99,971 in Colorado Springs to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Clovis and Colorado Springs have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 19% higher in Colorado Springs than in Clovis. If you earn $80,000 in Clovis, you'd need about $79,977 in Colorado Springs to keep the same standard of living.