City comparison
Chandler, AZ is about 850 miles (1,300 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 hours 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 Chandler, AZ to San Antonio, TX takes about 1 h 39 min, covering roughly 850 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.
Chandler, AZ is on Mountain Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Chandler, it's 1 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Chandler 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.
San Antonio has a population of 1,445,662, vs 275,618 in Chandler — about 5.2× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 66 sq mi for Chandler.
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 | Chandler | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,675/mo | $1,189/mo | 40.9% higher in Chandler |
| Median home value | $423,900 | $198,000 | 114.1% higher in Chandler |
| Median household income | $99,374 | $59,593 | 66.8% higher in Chandler |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 94.2 | 1.7% higher in Chandler |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 83.3 | 15.5% higher in Chandler |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 96.6 | 7.7% higher in Chandler |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 96.1 | 8.2% higher in Chandler |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Chandler, you'd need $85,785 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 14.2% cheaper overall than Chandler, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 29% higher in Chandler than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Chandler, you'd need about $68,628 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.