City comparison
Dublin, OH is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 34 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 Dublin, OH to Phoenix, AZ takes about 3 h 19 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.
Dublin, OH is on Central Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Dublin, it's 11 a.m. in Phoenix, which puts Dublin 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 48,893 in Dublin — about 32.9× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 25 sq mi for Dublin.
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 | Dublin | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,541/mo | $1,322/mo | 16.6% higher in Dublin |
| Median home value | $478,400 | $340,200 | 40.6% higher in Dublin |
| Median household income | $158,363 | $72,092 | 119.7% higher in Dublin |
| Groceries index | 93.9 | 95.8 | 2.1% higher in Phoenix |
| Utilities index | 95.2 | 96.2 | 1.1% higher in Phoenix |
| Transportation index | 98.8 | 104.1 | 5.4% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 99.0 | 104.0 | 5.1% higher in Phoenix |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Dublin, you'd need $115,103 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dublin, OH is about 13.1% cheaper overall than Phoenix, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 32% higher in Phoenix than in Dublin. If you earn $80,000 in Dublin, you'd need about $92,083 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.