Moving from Richmond, VA, to Dallas, TX

Finding your place in “The Lone Star State”

Moving 1,300 miles from Richmond, VA, to Dallas, TX, takes you to a larger city farther away from the coast.

Richmond has around 227,000 residents and just over 1.3 million people in the metro. Dallas’s city population is 1.3 million people, but it has a much larger metro with around 7.6 million residents. 

Keep reading to learn more about finding your place in “D-Town.”

Experience less precipitation in Dallas

When adjusting to the climate in Dallas after living in Richmond, you’ll want to prepare for less year-round precipitation. Richmond averages 44 inches of rain and 11 inches of snow, while Dallas gets around 39 inches of rain and only 1 inch of snow each year.

Dallas has winter lows around 36 degrees, and lows are around 28 degrees in Richmond. Summers are also warmer in Dallas, with highs of 95 degrees, compared to Richmond’s average of 90 degrees. Dallas’s average annual rainfall is 39 inches, nearly twice Salt Lake City’s average. 

Dallas has an average of 234 sunny days, which is slightly more than Richmond's average of 210 sunny days.

Explore what Dallas has to offer

Dallas is a massive city with attractions for everyone. Find your artistic flair in the Dallas Arts District, which features the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center and AT&T PAC.

The nightlife includes live music and comedy shows at locations such as the Midnight Rambler, the Dallas Comedy Club and the Granada Theater. Numerous restaurants, bars and pubs cater to all tastes.

Check out the Dallas Zoo, the Dallas World Aquarium and the Perot Museum and Nature and Science for attractions that appeal to all ages.

Brush up on Dallas history

Here are some fast Dallas facts to impress your friends or win a local trivia night:

  • Built in 1931, Highland Park Village is one of the first planned shopping centers in the country.
  • Dallas is the birthplace of the first convenience store, built in 1927, which later became the 7-Eleven.
  • One of the copies of the Declaration of Independence is displayed at the Dallas Public Library.
  • The city was founded by John Neely Bryan in 1841 as a trading post.
  • The Dallas Zoo, established in 1888, is one of the oldest in the U.S.

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