City comparison
Houston, TX is about 950 miles (1,500 km) from Pembroke Pines, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 20 hours (about 2 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 Houston, TX to Pembroke Pines, FL takes about 1 h 55 min, covering roughly 950 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.
Houston, TX is on Central Time and Pembroke Pines, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in Pembroke Pines, which puts Houston 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.
Houston has a population of 2,296,253, vs 170,472 in Pembroke Pines — about 13.5× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Pembroke Pines.
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 | Houston | Pembroke Pines | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,787/mo | 44.7% higher in Pembroke Pines |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $379,900 | 61.7% higher in Pembroke Pines |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $77,657 | 28.5% higher in Pembroke Pines |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 103.1 | 2.7% higher in Pembroke Pines |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 97.0 | 0.7% higher in Pembroke Pines |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 108.3 | 13.1% higher in Pembroke Pines |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 107.8 | 13.3% higher in Pembroke Pines |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Houston, you'd need $125,873 in Pembroke Pines to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 20.6% cheaper overall than Pembroke Pines, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 48% higher in Pembroke Pines than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $100,698 in Pembroke Pines to keep the same standard of living.