City comparison
Palm Springs, CA 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 23 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 Palm Springs, CA to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 12 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.
Palm Springs, CA is on Pacific Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Palm Springs, it's 2 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Palm Springs 2 hours behind.
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 44,935 in Palm Springs — about 32.2× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 95 sq mi for Palm Springs.
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 | Palm Springs | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,397/mo | $1,189/mo | 17.5% higher in Palm Springs |
| Median home value | $504,700 | $198,000 | 154.9% higher in Palm Springs |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $59,593 | 13.2% higher in Palm Springs |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 94.2 | 7.9% higher in Palm Springs |
| Utilities index | 146.5 | 83.3 | 75.9% higher in Palm Springs |
| Transportation index | 101.6 | 96.6 | 5.1% higher in Palm Springs |
| Healthcare index | 101.5 | 96.1 | 5.6% higher in Palm Springs |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Palm Springs, you'd need $80,665 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 19.3% cheaper overall than Palm Springs, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 35% higher in Palm Springs than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Palm Springs, you'd need about $64,532 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.