San Antonio
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
SA Montage Nima: Zereshk, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
San Antonio is a city in United States, in Texas. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 29.42° N, 98.49° W, about 198 m (650 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Chicago time zone.
Location
Red dot: San Antonio. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
San Antonio has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 4°C (39°F). Around 779 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in United StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Houston · 305 km
- Fort Worth · 384 km
- Dallas · 407 km
- Phoenix · 1,387 km
- Jacksonville · 1,631 km
- Chicago · 1,732 km
- San Diego · 1,842 km
- Los Angeles · 1,977 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4726206 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q975 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- SA Montage Nima: Zereshk, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Travis Park sign, San Antonio, TX IMG 7754: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alamo Madre Acequia, East of Alamo Street, North of Durango Boulevard, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX HAER TEX,15-SANT.V,4C- (sheet 1 of 1): Unknown, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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