City comparison
Coral Gables, FL is about 950 miles (1,600 km) from Houston, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 20 hours (about 2 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 Coral Gables, FL to Houston, TX takes about 1 h 56 min, covering roughly 950 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.
Coral Gables, FL is on Eastern Time and Houston, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Coral Gables, it's 11 a.m. in Houston, which puts Coral Gables 1 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.
Houston has a population of 2,296,253, vs 49,696 in Coral Gables — about 46.2× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for Coral Gables.
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 | Coral Gables | Houston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,954/mo | $1,235/mo | 58.2% higher in Coral Gables |
| Median home value | $952,000 | $235,000 | 305.1% higher in Coral Gables |
| Median household income | $118,203 | $60,440 | 95.6% higher in Coral Gables |
| Groceries index | 103.1 | 100.4 | 2.7% higher in Coral Gables |
| Utilities index | 97.0 | 96.3 | 0.7% higher in Coral Gables |
| Transportation index | 108.3 | 95.8 | 13.1% higher in Coral Gables |
| Healthcare index | 107.8 | 95.2 | 13.3% higher in Coral Gables |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Coral Gables, you'd need $79,124 in Houston to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 20.9% cheaper overall than Coral Gables, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 50% higher in Coral Gables than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Coral Gables, you'd need about $63,300 in Houston to keep the same standard of living.