City comparison
Austin, TX is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Savannah, GA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 21 hours (about 2 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 Austin, TX to Savannah, GA takes about 1 h 58 min, covering roughly 1,000 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.
Austin, TX is on Central Time and Savannah, GA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Austin, it's 1 p.m. in Savannah, which puts Austin 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.
Austin has a population of 958,202, vs 147,583 in Savannah — about 6.5× larger by population. By land area, Austin covers about 325 sq mi vs 110 sq mi for Savannah.
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 | Austin | Savannah | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,549/mo | $1,216/mo | 27.4% higher in Austin |
| Median home value | $461,500 | $203,300 | 127.0% higher in Austin |
| Median household income | $86,556 | $54,748 | 58.1% higher in Austin |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 96.5 | 2.4% higher in Savannah |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 89.2 | 7.2% higher in Savannah |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 98.8 | 2.3% higher in Savannah |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 98.3 | 2.3% higher in Savannah |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Austin, you'd need $88,008 in Savannah to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Savannah, GA is about 12% cheaper overall than Austin, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 39% higher in Austin than in Savannah. If you earn $80,000 in Austin, you'd need about $70,406 in Savannah to keep the same standard of living.