City comparison
San Antonio, TX is about 1,700 miles (2,800 km) from Warwick, RI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,200 miles, or about 36 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 San Antonio, TX to Warwick, RI takes about 3 h 28 min, covering roughly 1,700 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 Warwick, RI is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in San Antonio, it's 1 p.m. in Warwick, 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 82,783 in Warwick — about 17.5× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 35 sq mi for Warwick.
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 | Warwick | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,189/mo | $1,295/mo | 8.9% higher in Warwick |
| Median home value | $198,000 | $294,400 | 48.7% higher in Warwick |
| Median household income | $59,593 | $81,009 | 35.9% higher in Warwick |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 97.5 | 3.5% higher in Warwick |
| Utilities index | 83.3 | 144.3 | 73.3% higher in Warwick |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 101.7 | 5.2% higher in Warwick |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 102.5 | 6.6% higher in Warwick |
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 $112,394 in Warwick to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 11% cheaper overall than Warwick, RI, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 10% higher in Warwick than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in San Antonio, you'd need about $89,915 in Warwick to keep the same standard of living.