City comparison
Dundalk, MD is about 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,800 miles, or about 30 hours (about 3 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 Dundalk, MD to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 51 min, covering roughly 1,400 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.
Dundalk, MD is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Dundalk, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Dundalk 1 hours ahead.
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 66,321 in Dundalk — about 21.8× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for Dundalk.
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 | Dundalk | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,346/mo | $1,189/mo | 13.2% higher in Dundalk |
| Median home value | $184,700 | $198,000 | 7.2% higher in San Antonio |
| Median household income | $61,217 | $59,593 | 2.7% higher in Dundalk |
| Groceries index | 102.0 | 94.2 | 8.3% higher in Dundalk |
| Utilities index | 108.8 | 83.3 | 30.6% higher in Dundalk |
| Transportation index | 101.4 | 96.6 | 4.9% higher in Dundalk |
| Healthcare index | 100.9 | 96.1 | 5.0% higher in Dundalk |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Dundalk, you'd need $86,494 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 13.5% cheaper overall than Dundalk, MD, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 24% higher in Dundalk than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Dundalk, you'd need about $69,196 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.