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Austin vs San Antonio, TX

San Antonio currently scores 1 points higher overall than Austin, with the largest gap in tornado.

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Austin

47/100

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San Antonio

48/100

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Hazard breakdown

Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality is a current EPA AirNow signal; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.

Overall

Austin: 47/100 · San Antonio: 48/100

San Antonio is 1 points higher.

Flood

Austin: 28/100 · San Antonio: 33/100

San Antonio is 5 points higher.

Austin: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 14 features intersect this tile.

San Antonio: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 13 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Austin: 16/100 · San Antonio: 17/100

San Antonio is 1 points higher.

Austin: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

San Antonio: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Austin: 40/100 · San Antonio: 38/100

Austin is 2 points higher.

Austin: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

San Antonio: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Austin: 50/100 · San Antonio: 62/100

San Antonio is 12 points higher.

Austin: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Antonio: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Austin: 100/100 · San Antonio: 100/100

No gap.

Austin: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Antonio: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Austin: Unavailable · San Antonio: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Austin: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

San Antonio: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Austin: 58/100 · San Antonio: 60/100

San Antonio is 2 points higher.

Austin: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

San Antonio: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Austin: 34/100 · San Antonio: 28/100

Austin is 6 points higher.

Austin: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

San Antonio: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.