City comparison
San Diego, CA is about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) from West Seneca, NY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,700 miles, or about 46 hours (about 5 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 Diego, CA to West Seneca, NY takes about 4 h 22 min, covering roughly 2,200 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 Diego, CA is on Pacific Time and West Seneca, NY is on Eastern Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in San Diego, it's 3 p.m. in West Seneca, which puts San Diego 3 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 Diego has a population of 1,383,987, vs 45,387 in West Seneca — about 30.5× larger by population. By land area, San Diego covers about 325 sq mi vs 21 sq mi for West Seneca.
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 Diego | West Seneca | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,080/mo | $999/mo | 108.2% higher in San Diego |
| Median home value | $783,300 | $197,500 | 296.6% higher in San Diego |
| Median household income | $98,657 | $75,435 | 30.8% higher in San Diego |
| Groceries index | 107.6 | 99.8 | 7.8% higher in San Diego |
| Utilities index | 169.8 | 126.8 | 34.0% higher in San Diego |
| Transportation index | 100.0 | 97.6 | 2.5% higher in San Diego |
| Healthcare index | 100.0 | 98.4 | 1.6% higher in San Diego |
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 Diego, you'd need $66,584 in West Seneca to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
West Seneca, NY is about 33.4% cheaper overall than San Diego, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 120% higher in San Diego than in West Seneca. If you earn $80,000 in San Diego, you'd need about $53,267 in West Seneca to keep the same standard of living.