City comparison
Pittsburgh, PA is about 2,100 miles (3,300 km) from Yakima, WA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,600 miles, or about 43 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 Pittsburgh, PA to Yakima, WA takes about 4 h 6 min, covering roughly 2,100 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.
Pittsburgh, PA is on Eastern Time and Yakima, WA is on Pacific Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Pittsburgh, it's 9 a.m. in Yakima, which puts Pittsburgh 3 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.
Pittsburgh has a population of 303,843, vs 96,764 in Yakima — about 3.1× larger by population. By land area, Pittsburgh covers about 55 sq mi vs 28 sq mi for Yakima.
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 | Pittsburgh | Yakima | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,153/mo | $1,014/mo | 13.7% higher in Pittsburgh |
| Median home value | $171,800 | $243,300 | 41.6% higher in Yakima |
| Median household income | $60,187 | $55,734 | 8.0% higher in Pittsburgh |
| Groceries index | 100.7 | 104.9 | 4.2% higher in Yakima |
| Utilities index | 107.0 | 94.9 | 12.7% higher in Pittsburgh |
| Transportation index | 97.6 | 99.9 | 2.4% higher in Yakima |
| Healthcare index | 98.3 | 99.9 | 1.6% higher in Yakima |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Pittsburgh, you'd need $100,146 in Yakima to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Pittsburgh and Yakima have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Pittsburgh, you'd need about $80,117 in Yakima to keep the same standard of living.