City comparison
Colorado Springs, CO is about 750 miles (1,200 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 950 miles, or about 15 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 Colorado Springs, CO to San Antonio, TX takes about 1 h 29 min, covering roughly 750 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.
Colorado Springs, CO is on Mountain Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Colorado Springs, it's 1 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Colorado Springs 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 479,612 in Colorado Springs — about 3.0× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 200 sq mi for Colorado Springs.
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 | Colorado Springs | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,464/mo | $1,189/mo | 23.1% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Median home value | $383,000 | $198,000 | 93.4% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Median household income | $79,026 | $59,593 | 32.6% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 94.2 | 2.7% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Utilities index | 87.0 | 83.3 | 4.4% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 96.6 | 3.7% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 96.1 | 4.3% higher in Colorado Springs |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Colorado Springs, you'd need $89,430 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 10.6% cheaper overall than Colorado Springs, CO, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 23% higher in Colorado Springs than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Colorado Springs, you'd need about $71,544 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.