City comparison
Rancho Cordova, CA is about 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,800 miles, or about 30 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 Rancho Cordova, CA to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 53 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.
Rancho Cordova, CA is on Pacific Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Rancho Cordova, it's 2 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Rancho Cordova 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 79,128 in Rancho Cordova — about 18.3× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 35 sq mi for Rancho Cordova.
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 | Rancho Cordova | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,599/mo | $1,189/mo | 34.5% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Median home value | $415,900 | $198,000 | 110.1% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Median household income | $85,099 | $59,593 | 42.8% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Groceries index | 105.1 | 94.2 | 11.5% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Utilities index | 148.9 | 83.3 | 78.8% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Transportation index | 100.7 | 96.6 | 4.2% higher in Rancho Cordova |
| Healthcare index | 100.6 | 96.1 | 4.7% higher in Rancho Cordova |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Rancho Cordova, you'd need $79,675 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 20.3% cheaper overall than Rancho Cordova, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 37% higher in Rancho Cordova than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Rancho Cordova, you'd need about $63,740 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.