City comparison
Redondo Beach, CA is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,500 miles, or about 25 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 Redondo Beach, CA to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 25 min, covering roughly 1,200 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.
Redondo Beach, CA is on Pacific Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Redondo Beach, it's 2 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Redondo Beach 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 70,620 in Redondo Beach — about 20.5× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 6.2 sq mi for Redondo Beach.
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 | Redondo Beach | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,464/mo | $1,189/mo | 107.2% higher in Redondo Beach |
| Median home value | $1,192,300 | $198,000 | 502.2% higher in Redondo Beach |
| Median household income | $134,033 | $59,593 | 124.9% higher in Redondo Beach |
| Groceries index | 106.4 | 94.2 | 12.9% higher in Redondo Beach |
| Utilities index | 155.6 | 83.3 | 86.7% higher in Redondo Beach |
| Transportation index | 104.4 | 96.6 | 8.0% higher in Redondo Beach |
| Healthcare index | 104.3 | 96.1 | 8.6% higher in Redondo Beach |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Redondo Beach, you'd need $68,095 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 31.9% cheaper overall than Redondo Beach, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 83% higher in Redondo Beach than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Redondo Beach, you'd need about $54,476 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.