City comparison
Provo, UT is about 1,100 miles (1,700 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,300 miles, or about 22 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 Provo, UT to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 6 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.
Provo, UT is on Mountain Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Provo, it's 1 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Provo 1 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 114,400 in Provo — about 12.6× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 42 sq mi for Provo.
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 | Provo | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,089/mo | $1,189/mo | 9.2% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $391,500 | $198,000 | 97.7% higher in Provo |
| Median household income | $57,943 | $59,593 | 2.8% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 97.1 | 94.2 | 3.1% higher in Provo |
| Utilities index | 82.8 | 83.3 | 0.6% higher in San Antonio |
| Transportation index | 99.5 | 96.6 | 2.9% higher in Provo |
| Healthcare index | 99.4 | 96.1 | 3.4% higher in Provo |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Provo, you'd need $95,184 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 4.8% cheaper overall than Provo, UT, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Provo than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Provo, you'd need about $76,147 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.