City comparison
New Bedford, MA is about 1,800 miles (2,800 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,200 miles, or about 37 hours (about 4 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 New Bedford, MA to San Antonio, TX takes about 3 h 30 min, covering roughly 1,800 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.
New Bedford, MA is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in New Bedford, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts New Bedford 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 100,620 in New Bedford — about 14.4× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 20 sq mi for New Bedford.
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 | New Bedford | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,026/mo | $1,189/mo | 15.9% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $291,300 | $198,000 | 47.1% higher in New Bedford |
| Median household income | $54,604 | $59,593 | 9.1% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 97.5 | 94.2 | 3.5% higher in New Bedford |
| Utilities index | 144.3 | 83.3 | 73.3% higher in New Bedford |
| Transportation index | 101.7 | 96.6 | 5.2% higher in New Bedford |
| Healthcare index | 102.5 | 96.1 | 6.6% higher in New Bedford |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in New Bedford, you'd need $89,651 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 10.3% cheaper overall than New Bedford, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in New Bedford than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in New Bedford, you'd need about $71,721 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.