City comparison
Manteca, CA is about 600 miles (950 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 750 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 Manteca, CA to Phoenix, AZ takes about 1 h 11 min, covering roughly 600 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.
Manteca, CA is on Pacific Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Manteca, it's 1 p.m. in Phoenix, which puts Manteca 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 83,897 in Manteca — about 19.2× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 22 sq mi for Manteca.
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 | Manteca | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,803/mo | $1,322/mo | 36.4% higher in Manteca |
| Median home value | $506,900 | $340,200 | 49.0% higher in Manteca |
| Median household income | $89,966 | $72,092 | 24.8% higher in Manteca |
| Groceries index | 105.1 | 95.8 | 9.6% higher in Manteca |
| Utilities index | 155.3 | 96.2 | 61.4% higher in Manteca |
| Transportation index | 100.7 | 104.1 | 3.4% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 100.6 | 104.0 | 3.4% 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 Manteca, you'd need $95,573 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Phoenix, AZ is about 4.4% cheaper overall than Manteca, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. If you earn $80,000 in Manteca, you'd need about $76,459 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.