City comparison
Redmond, WA is about 1,800 miles (2,900 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 Redmond, WA to San Antonio, TX takes about 3 h 33 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.
Redmond, WA is on Pacific Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Redmond, it's 2 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Redmond 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 73,728 in Redmond — about 19.6× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 17 sq mi for Redmond.
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 | Redmond | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,299/mo | $1,189/mo | 93.4% higher in Redmond |
| Median home value | $1,026,400 | $198,000 | 418.4% higher in Redmond |
| Median household income | $155,287 | $59,593 | 160.6% higher in Redmond |
| Groceries index | 104.0 | 94.2 | 10.4% higher in Redmond |
| Utilities index | 95.7 | 83.3 | 14.9% higher in Redmond |
| Transportation index | 106.6 | 96.6 | 10.4% higher in Redmond |
| Healthcare index | 106.6 | 96.1 | 10.9% higher in Redmond |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Redmond, you'd need $75,114 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 24.9% cheaper overall than Redmond, WA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 63% higher in Redmond than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Redmond, you'd need about $60,091 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.