City comparison
Dallas, TX is about 1,400 miles (2,200 km) from Reno, NV 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 Dallas, TX to Reno, NV takes about 2 h 44 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.
Dallas, TX is on Central Time and Reno, NV is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Dallas, it's 10 a.m. in Reno, which puts Dallas 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.
Dallas has a population of 1,300,642, vs 265,196 in Reno — about 4.9× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 110 sq mi for Reno.
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 | Dallas | Reno | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,305/mo | $1,360/mo | 4.2% higher in Reno |
| Median home value | $270,700 | $462,100 | 70.7% higher in Reno |
| Median household income | $63,985 | $73,073 | 14.2% higher in Reno |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 97.0 | 4.9% higher in Dallas |
| Utilities index | 89.3 | 92.5 | 3.6% higher in Reno |
| Transportation index | 98.5 | 99.3 | 0.8% higher in Reno |
| Healthcare index | 99.7 | 99.2 | ≈ equal (Dallas 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 Dallas, you'd need $101,831 in Reno to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 1.8% cheaper overall than Reno, NV, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in Reno than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Dallas, you'd need about $81,465 in Reno to keep the same standard of living.