City comparison
Newport News, VA is about 1,400 miles (2,200 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,700 miles, or about 29 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 Newport News, VA to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 45 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.
Newport News, VA is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Newport News, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Newport News 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 185,118 in Newport News — about 7.8× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 69 sq mi for Newport News.
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 | Newport News | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,209/mo | $1,189/mo | 1.7% higher in Newport News |
| Median home value | $233,400 | $198,000 | 17.9% higher in Newport News |
| Median household income | $63,355 | $59,593 | 6.3% higher in Newport News |
| Groceries index | 96.9 | 94.2 | 2.9% higher in Newport News |
| Utilities index | 90.0 | 83.3 | 8.1% higher in Newport News |
| Transportation index | 98.8 | 96.6 | 2.2% higher in Newport News |
| Healthcare index | 98.3 | 96.1 | 2.2% higher in Newport News |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Newport News, you'd need $96,098 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 3.9% cheaper overall than Newport News, VA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in Newport News than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Newport News, you'd need about $76,878 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.