Memphis TN to Dallas TX driving

The driving distance from Memphis, Tennessee to Dallas, Texas is:

452 miles / 727 km

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Map of driving directions from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX

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The total driving distance from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX is 452 miles or 727 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Memphis, Tennessee. It ends in Dallas, Texas.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Memphis, TN and Dallas, TX.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX.

Driving distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find driving distances based on actual directions for your road trip. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Combine this information with the fuel cost tool to find out how much it will cost you to drive the distance, or compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. You can print out pages with a travel map.

The driving time from Memphis, Tennessee to Dallas, Texas is:

6 hours, 37 minutes

Average driving speed: 68.3 mph
Kilometers per hour: 109.9 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

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Map of driving directions from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX

View a map with driving directions using your preferred map provider: Google Maps, Bing Maps, or MapQuest. You can use DriveDistance.com to find out how far is it to drive from Memphis to Dallas with full directions.

More trip calculations

How long is the drive from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX? The total driving time is 6 hours, 37 minutes.

Your trip begins in Memphis, Tennessee. It ends in Dallas, Texas.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Memphis, TN and Dallas, TX.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX.

Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Memphis to Dallas

How far is Dallas from Memphis? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 452 miles or 727 km

Driving time: 6 hours, 37 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Memphis to Dallas

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Memphis, Tennessee and Dallas, Texas. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 420 miles or 677 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 8 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 32 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/4th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

Memphis to Dallas road trip

Realistically, you're not going to want to drive without stopping all the way from Memphis to Dallas, especially if you're the main driver. So let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Dallas, and you need to stop along the way to rest. Plus if it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over a number of days.

Road trip: 3 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 18.5 hours on the road with 2 overnights

Itinerary

Start in Memphis.

Drive for about 49 minutes, then stop in Forrest City and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Jacksonville (Arkansas) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop at Garvan Woodland Gardens and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 2 hours then stop in Texarkana (Texas). Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1 hour, then stop in Mount Pleasant (Texas) and stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 10.5 hours, then stop in Emory and stay for about 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 1.5 hours and arrive in Dallas.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

Memphis to Dallas airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Memphis International Airport (MEM)

Arrival airport: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 25 minutes

Getting to your destination: 48 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from MEM to DFW and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Memphis to Dallas including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 5 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Dallas to Memphis, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Memphis, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Memphis!

Where should I stop between Dallas and Memphis?

Best stops along Dallas to Memphis drive. The top stops along the way from Dallas to Memphis (with short detours) are Horseshoe Tunica, William J. Clinton Library and Museum, and Garvan Woodland Gardens. Other popular stops include Crater of Diamonds State Park, Fordyce Bathhouse, and Historic Downtown McKinney.

What is the halfway point from Memphis to Dallas?

The halfway point between Memphis, Tennessee and Dallas, Texas is: Prescott, AR. Find a place to meet halfway. These two locations are 453 miles apart and the exact midpoint is I-30, Prescott, AR 71857, USA.

How long is Dallas from Memphis driving?

How far is the distance between Memphis and Dallas? The direct drive from Memphis, United States to Dallas, United States is 455 miles or 732 km, and should have a drive time of 7 hours in normal traffic.