City comparison
San Antonio, TX is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from Yakima, WA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 35 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 Yakima, WA takes about 3 h 21 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 Yakima, WA is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in San Antonio, it's 10 a.m. in Yakima, which puts San Antonio 2 hours ahead.
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 96,764 in Yakima — about 14.9× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 28 sq mi for Yakima.
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 | Yakima | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,189/mo | $1,014/mo | 17.3% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $198,000 | $243,300 | 22.9% higher in Yakima |
| Median household income | $59,593 | $55,734 | 6.9% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 104.9 | 11.4% higher in Yakima |
| Utilities index | 83.3 | 94.9 | 13.9% higher in Yakima |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 99.9 | 3.4% higher in Yakima |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 99.9 | 3.9% higher in Yakima |
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 $94,643 in Yakima to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Yakima, WA is about 5.4% cheaper overall than San Antonio, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 29% higher in San Antonio than in Yakima. If you earn $80,000 in San Antonio, you'd need about $75,714 in Yakima to keep the same standard of living.