City comparison
San Antonio, TX is about 950 miles (1,600 km) from Yuma, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 20 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 Yuma, AZ takes about 1 h 56 min, covering roughly 950 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 Yuma, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in San Antonio, it's 11 a.m. in Yuma, which puts San Antonio 1 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 96,314 in Yuma — about 15.0× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 120 sq mi for Yuma.
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 | Yuma | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,189/mo | $1,028/mo | 15.7% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $198,000 | $186,500 | 6.2% higher in San Antonio |
| Median household income | $59,593 | $59,312 | 0.5% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 96.9 | 2.9% higher in Yuma |
| Utilities index | 83.3 | 91.2 | 9.5% higher in Yuma |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 100.3 | 3.8% higher in Yuma |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 100.2 | 4.3% higher in Yuma |
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 $93,495 in Yuma to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Yuma, AZ is about 6.5% cheaper overall than San Antonio, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 27% higher in San Antonio than in Yuma. If you earn $80,000 in San Antonio, you'd need about $74,796 in Yuma to keep the same standard of living.