City comparison
El Paso, TX is about 550 miles (900 km) from Oklahoma City, OK in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 700 miles, or about 12 hours 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 El Paso, TX to Oklahoma City, OK takes about 1 h 8 min, covering roughly 550 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.
El Paso, TX is on Mountain Time and Oklahoma City, OK is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in El Paso, it's 1 p.m. in Oklahoma City, which puts El Paso 1 hours behind.
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.
Oklahoma City has a population of 681,088, vs 677,181 in El Paso — about the same size. By land area, Oklahoma City covers about 605 sq mi vs 260 sq mi for El Paso.
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 | El Paso | Oklahoma City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $976/mo | $1,012/mo | 3.7% higher in Oklahoma City |
| Median home value | $159,300 | $196,700 | 23.5% higher in Oklahoma City |
| Median household income | $55,710 | $64,251 | 15.3% higher in Oklahoma City |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 94.2 | ≈ equal (Oklahoma City slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 83.7 | 75.9 | 10.2% higher in El Paso |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 95.9 | 0.7% higher in El Paso |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 95.4 | 0.7% higher in El Paso |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in El Paso, you'd need $100,237 in Oklahoma City to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
El Paso and Oklahoma City have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Oklahoma City than in El Paso. If you earn $80,000 in El Paso, you'd need about $80,189 in Oklahoma City to keep the same standard of living.