Cheapest€151.18
- Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia AA514906:313h 16m09:47Juan Santamaría International Airport SJOMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX
Door to door 6h 26mCO2 415.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
San José to Mexico City flight
Flights from San José to Mexico City start at €151.18 and take 6h 5m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price San José to Mexico City on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from San José to Mexico City starts at €151.18 and takes 6h 5m door to door, run by 4 operators over 1,988 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 5mDoor to door
- 2h 55mMoving
- €190.71 to €343.52From
- 06:01 to 17:08First and last departure
- 15Per day
- 415.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€190.71 to €343.52 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €343.52Mon21
- about €285.11Tue22
- about €305.17Wed23
- about €331.13Thu24
- about €308.71Fri25
- about €334.08Sat26
- about €283.34Sun27
- about €196.02Mon28
- about €190.71Tue29
- about €202.51Wed30
- about €249.12Thu1
- about €219.03Fri2
- about €220.80Sat3
- about €205.46Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Fastest€162.98
- AeroMéxico AM652317:022h 55m19:57Juan Santamaría International Airport SJOMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX
Door to door 6h 5mCO2 415.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 AeroMéxico | €160.62 | 6h 4m |
 Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia | €151.18 | 6h 5m |
| MasAir | €152.95 | 6h 5m |
| Avianca Costa Rica | €164.75 | 6h 6m |
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When to book San José to Mexico City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €196.6190 days
- €162.3960 days
- €131.1245 days
- €129.3530 days
- €181.2721 days
- €205.4614 days
- €283.347 days
- €305.173 days
- €343.521 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €129.35.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 166 percent. The dearest point is €343.52, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €205.46Sun
- €196.02Mon
- €190.71Tue
- €202.51Wed
- €249.12Thu
- €219.03Fri
- €220.80Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
San José
Air
- SJO
Mexico City
Air
- MEX
- NLU
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,988 km against 1,930 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cancún, San Salvador, Guatemala City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves San José at 06:01 and the last at 17:08, across 15 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about San José to Mexico City
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from San José to Mexico City take?
The Flight from San José to Mexico City takes 6h 5m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 1,988 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from San José to Mexico City cost?
The Flight from San José to Mexico City starts at €151.18 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €188.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from San José to Mexico City?
4 operators run the Flight from San José to Mexico City: AeroMéxico, Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, MasAir, Avianca Costa Rica. Between them they file around 15 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from San José to Mexico City use?
The Flight from San José to Mexico City leaves from Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO and arrives at Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from San José to Mexico City?
Fares for the Flight from San José to Mexico City bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €129.35. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 166 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from San José to Mexico City produce?
The Flight from San José to Mexico City produces about 415.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1988 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for San José to Mexico City on 20 September 2026: 1988 km of route against 1930 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €151.18, and 6h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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