City comparison
Newton, 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 Newton, MA to San Antonio, TX takes about 3 h 31 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.
Newton, MA is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Newton, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Newton 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 88,453 in Newton — about 16.3× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 18 sq mi for Newton.
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 | Newton | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,252/mo | $1,189/mo | 89.4% higher in Newton |
| Median home value | $1,136,200 | $198,000 | 473.8% higher in Newton |
| Median household income | $176,373 | $59,593 | 196.0% higher in Newton |
| Groceries index | 99.8 | 94.2 | 5.9% higher in Newton |
| Utilities index | 144.3 | 83.3 | 73.2% higher in Newton |
| Transportation index | 102.9 | 96.6 | 6.5% higher in Newton |
| Healthcare index | 103.7 | 96.1 | 7.9% higher in Newton |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Newton, you'd need $74,342 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 25.7% cheaper overall than Newton, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 60% higher in Newton than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Newton, you'd need about $59,474 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.