City comparison
San Antonio, TX is about 1,600 miles (2,500 km) from Syracuse, NY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,900 miles, or about 32 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 San Antonio, TX to Syracuse, NY takes about 3 h 6 min, covering roughly 1,600 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.
San Antonio, TX is on Central Time and Syracuse, NY is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in San Antonio, it's 1 p.m. in Syracuse, which puts San Antonio 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 146,134 in Syracuse — about 9.9× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 25 sq mi for Syracuse.
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 | San Antonio | Syracuse | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,189/mo | $932/mo | 27.6% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $198,000 | $117,900 | 67.9% higher in San Antonio |
| Median household income | $59,593 | $43,584 | 36.7% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 99.8 | 6.0% higher in Syracuse |
| Utilities index | 83.3 | 130.3 | 56.5% higher in Syracuse |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 97.6 | 1.0% higher in Syracuse |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 98.4 | 2.4% higher in Syracuse |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in San Antonio, you'd need $99,426 in Syracuse to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Syracuse, NY is about 0.6% cheaper overall than San Antonio, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 18% higher in San Antonio than in Syracuse. If you earn $80,000 in San Antonio, you'd need about $79,541 in Syracuse to keep the same standard of living.