City comparison
Flagstaff, AZ is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 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 Flagstaff, AZ to San Antonio, TX takes about 1 h 43 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.
Flagstaff, AZ is on Mountain Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Flagstaff, it's 1 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Flagstaff 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 76,177 in Flagstaff — about 19.0× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 66 sq mi for Flagstaff.
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 | Flagstaff | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,469/mo | $1,189/mo | 23.5% higher in Flagstaff |
| Median home value | $466,600 | $198,000 | 135.7% higher in Flagstaff |
| Median household income | $65,652 | $59,593 | 10.2% higher in Flagstaff |
| Groceries index | 96.9 | 94.2 | 2.9% higher in Flagstaff |
| Utilities index | 96.6 | 83.3 | 16.0% higher in Flagstaff |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 96.6 | 3.8% higher in Flagstaff |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 96.1 | 4.3% higher in Flagstaff |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Flagstaff, you'd need $91,057 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 8.9% cheaper overall than Flagstaff, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 16% higher in Flagstaff than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Flagstaff, you'd need about $72,846 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.