City comparison
Dallas, TX is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from Seattle, WA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 35 hours (about 4 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 Seattle, WA takes about 3 h 22 min, covering roughly 1,700 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 Seattle, WA is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Dallas, it's 10 a.m. in Seattle, 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 734,603 in Seattle — about 1.8× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 84 sq mi for Seattle.
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 | Seattle | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,305/mo | $1,945/mo | 49.0% higher in Seattle |
| Median home value | $270,700 | $879,900 | 225.0% higher in Seattle |
| Median household income | $63,985 | $116,068 | 81.4% higher in Seattle |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 103.0 | 1.3% higher in Seattle |
| Utilities index | 89.3 | 92.5 | 3.6% higher in Seattle |
| Transportation index | 98.5 | 108.1 | 9.7% higher in Seattle |
| Healthcare index | 99.7 | 108.8 | 9.1% higher in Seattle |
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 $117,290 in Seattle to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 14.7% cheaper overall than Seattle, WA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 30% higher in Seattle than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Dallas, you'd need about $93,832 in Seattle to keep the same standard of living.