City comparison
Newport News, VA 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 Newport News, VA 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.
Newport News, VA is on Eastern Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Newport News, it's 10 a.m. in Phoenix, which puts Newport News 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 185,118 in Newport News — about 8.7× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 69 sq mi for Newport News.
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 | Newport News | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,209/mo | $1,322/mo | 9.3% higher in Phoenix |
| Median home value | $233,400 | $340,200 | 45.8% higher in Phoenix |
| Median household income | $63,355 | $72,092 | 13.8% higher in Phoenix |
| Groceries index | 96.9 | 95.8 | 1.1% higher in Newport News |
| Utilities index | 90.0 | 96.2 | 6.8% higher in Phoenix |
| Transportation index | 98.8 | 104.1 | 5.4% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 98.3 | 104.0 | 5.9% 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 Newport News, you'd need $110,930 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Newport News, VA is about 9.9% cheaper overall than Phoenix, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 20% higher in Phoenix than in Newport News. If you earn $80,000 in Newport News, you'd need about $88,744 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.