City comparison
Hollywood, FL is about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 24 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 Hollywood, FL to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 18 min, covering roughly 1,100 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.
Hollywood, FL is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Hollywood, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Hollywood 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 152,764 in Hollywood — about 9.5× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 27 sq mi for Hollywood.
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 | Hollywood | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,463/mo | $1,189/mo | 23.0% higher in Hollywood |
| Median home value | $345,300 | $198,000 | 74.4% higher in Hollywood |
| Median household income | $61,958 | $59,593 | 4.0% higher in Hollywood |
| Groceries index | 103.1 | 94.2 | 9.5% higher in Hollywood |
| Utilities index | 97.0 | 83.3 | 16.4% higher in Hollywood |
| Transportation index | 108.3 | 96.6 | 12.1% higher in Hollywood |
| Healthcare index | 107.8 | 96.1 | 12.2% higher in Hollywood |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Hollywood, you'd need $75,354 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 24.6% cheaper overall than Hollywood, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 61% higher in Hollywood than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Hollywood, you'd need about $60,284 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.