City comparison
New Britain, CT is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 35 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 Britain, CT to San Antonio, TX takes about 3 h 20 min, covering roughly 1,700 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 Britain, CT is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in New Britain, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts New Britain 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 74,212 in New Britain — about 19.5× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for New Britain.
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 Britain | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,136/mo | $1,189/mo | 4.7% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $188,700 | $198,000 | 4.9% higher in San Antonio |
| Median household income | $53,766 | $59,593 | 10.8% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 97.4 | 94.2 | 3.4% higher in New Britain |
| Utilities index | 147.8 | 83.3 | 77.5% higher in New Britain |
| Transportation index | 101.0 | 96.6 | 4.6% higher in New Britain |
| Healthcare index | 101.8 | 96.1 | 5.9% higher in New Britain |
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 Britain, you'd need $96,374 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 3.6% cheaper overall than New Britain, CT, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 12% higher in San Antonio than in New Britain. If you earn $80,000 in New Britain, you'd need about $77,099 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.