Cheapest€59.14
- Avianca El Salvador AE353314:261h 20m15:46El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez SALJuan Santamaría International Airport SJO
Door to door 4h 30mCO2 149.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
San Salvador to San José flight
Flights from San Salvador to San José start at €59.14 and take 4h 29m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price San Salvador to San José on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from San Salvador to San José starts at €59.14 and takes 4h 29m door to door, run by 4 operators over 716 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 29mDoor to door
- 1h 19mMoving
- €74.48 to €131.12From
- 06:01 to 20:13First and last departure
- 24Per day
- 149.6 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.
€74.48 to €131.12 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 €131.12Mon21
- about €112.24Tue22
- about €115.78Wed23
- about €121.68Thu24
- about €109.88Fri25
- about €116.37Sat26
- about €107.52Sun27
- about €76.84Mon28
- about €74.48Tue29
- about €78.61Wed30
- about €91.59Thu1
- about €83.92Fri2
- about €85.69Sat3
- about €80.97Sun4
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€64.45
- Avianca Costa Rica AC576306:011h 19m07:20El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez SALJuan Santamaría International Airport SJO
Door to door 4h 29mCO2 149.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia | €60.32 |
| Avianca Costa Rica | €64.45 |
| Volaris El Salvador | €61.50 |
| Avianca El Salvador | €59.14 |
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When to book San Salvador to San José
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.8490 days
- €63.2760 days
- €52.6545 days
- €51.4730 days
- €67.9921 days
- €80.9714 days
- €107.527 days
- €115.783 days
- €131.121 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €51.47.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €131.12, 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.
- €80.97Sun
- €76.84Mon
- €74.48Tue
- €78.61Wed
- €91.59Thu
- €83.92Fri
- €85.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
San Salvador
Air
- SAL
San José
Air
- SJO
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 716 km against 695 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves San Salvador at 06:01 and the last at 20:13, across 24 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about San Salvador to San José
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 Salvador to San José take?
The Flight from San Salvador to San José takes 4h 29m door to door, of which 1h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 716 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 Salvador to San José cost?
The Flight from San Salvador to San José starts at €59.14 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €68.88. 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 Salvador to San José?
4 operators run the Flight from San Salvador to San José: Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, Avianca Costa Rica, Volaris El Salvador, Avianca El Salvador. Between them they file around 24 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 Salvador to San José use?
The Flight from San Salvador to San José leaves from El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez SAL and arrives at Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO. 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 Salvador to San José?
Fares for the Flight from San Salvador to San José bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €51.47. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from San Salvador to San José produce?
The Flight from San Salvador to San José produces about 149.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 716 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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 Salvador to San José on 20 September 2026: 716 km of route against 695 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €59.14, and 4h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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