City comparison
Dundalk, MD is about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,500 miles, or about 42 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 Dundalk, MD to Phoenix, AZ takes about 4 h 1 min, covering roughly 2,000 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.
Dundalk, MD is on Eastern Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Dundalk, it's 10 a.m. in Phoenix, which puts Dundalk 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 66,321 in Dundalk — about 24.3× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for Dundalk.
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 | Dundalk | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,346/mo | $1,322/mo | 1.8% higher in Dundalk |
| Median home value | $184,700 | $340,200 | 84.2% higher in Phoenix |
| Median household income | $61,217 | $72,092 | 17.8% higher in Phoenix |
| Groceries index | 102.0 | 95.8 | 6.4% higher in Dundalk |
| Utilities index | 108.8 | 96.2 | 13.1% higher in Dundalk |
| Transportation index | 101.4 | 104.1 | 2.6% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 100.9 | 104.0 | 3.1% 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 Dundalk, you'd need $99,844 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dundalk and Phoenix have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 2% higher in Phoenix than in Dundalk. If you earn $80,000 in Dundalk, you'd need about $79,875 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.