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Houston vs San Antonio, TX

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

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Houston

44/100

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San Antonio

43/100

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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 uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; 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

Houston: 44/100 · San Antonio: 43/100

Houston is 1 points higher.

Flood

Houston: 43/100 · San Antonio: 26/100

Houston is 17 points higher.

Houston: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 20 features intersect this tile.

San Antonio: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Houston: 43/100 · San Antonio: 17/100

Houston is 26 points higher.

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

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

Lightning

Houston: 70/100 · San Antonio: 37/100

Houston is 33 points higher.

Houston: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

San Antonio: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Houston: 35/100 · San Antonio: 38/100

San Antonio is 3 points higher.

Houston: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

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

Hail

Houston: 43/100 · San Antonio: 100/100

San Antonio is 57 points higher.

Houston: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

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

Storm surge

Houston: Unavailable · San Antonio: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

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

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

Wildfire

Houston: 45/100 · San Antonio: 57/100

San Antonio is 12 points higher.

Houston: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

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

Ingested air quality

Houston: 28/100 · San Antonio: 28/100

No gap.

Houston: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

San Antonio: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.