City comparison
San Antonio, TX is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from Winston-Salem, NC in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 24 hours (about 2 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 Winston-Salem, NC takes about 2 h 18 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.
San Antonio, TX is on Central Time and Winston-Salem, NC is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in San Antonio, it's 1 p.m. in Winston-Salem, 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 249,571 in Winston-Salem — about 5.8× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 135 sq mi for Winston-Salem.
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 | Winston-Salem | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,189/mo | $956/mo | 24.4% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $198,000 | $187,400 | 5.7% higher in San Antonio |
| Median household income | $59,593 | $54,416 | 9.5% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 96.8 | 2.8% higher in Winston-Salem |
| Utilities index | 83.3 | 89.1 | 7.0% higher in Winston-Salem |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 98.4 | 1.8% higher in Winston-Salem |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 97.9 | 1.8% higher in Winston-Salem |
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 $91,677 in Winston-Salem to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Winston-Salem, NC is about 8.3% cheaper overall than San Antonio, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 31% higher in San Antonio than in Winston-Salem. If you earn $80,000 in San Antonio, you'd need about $73,342 in Winston-Salem to keep the same standard of living.