Travel to San José
Every way to reach San José: 1 mode compared, with fares.
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San José is reachable from 35 places across 17 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 25 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €31.41 and the fastest takes 3h 49m door to door. The nearest origin is 151 km away.
How people reach San José
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 64 | €31.41 | 3h 49m | 9,393 km | 25 |
- 35Places you can arrive from
- 17Countries
- 25Operators
The flight gets you into San José. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in San José for the night the flight gets in
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 4 | 6% | Nicoya, 151 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 6 | 9% | Managua, 340 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 14 | 22% | San Salvador, 695 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 40 | 63% | Santo Domingo, 1799 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 39% |
| Colombia | 5 | 8% |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 6% |
| Honduras | 4 | 6% |
| Mexico | 4 | 6% |
| Canada | 3 | 5% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| France | 2 | 3% |
| Guatemala | 2 | 3% |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 3% |
| Panama | 2 | 3% |
| Peru | 2 | 3% |
| El Salvador | 2 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Cuba | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
Stations, airports and ports in San José
San José
- UCR Railway Station
- CFIA Railway Station
- UACA Railway Station
- San José - Loma Larga ruta 126
- Terminal Lumaca (San José - Cartago)
- SJO
The fare from SJO into San José is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in San José
Settled in advance, so the ride into San José costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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The cheapest journeys into San José
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia to San José flight | €31.41 | 3h 49m | 167 km |
| Tocumen to San José flight | €46.16 | 4h 17m | 524 km |
| Tegucigalpa to San José flight | €50.29 | 4h 23m | 573 km |
| San Salvador to San José flight | €58.55 | 4h 29m | 695 km |
| San Pedro Sula to San José flight | €63.27 | 4h 38m | 753 km |
| Guatemala City to San José flight | €70.94 | 4h 44m | 873 km |
| Medellín to San José flight | €89.23 | 4h 56m | 1,023 km |
| Bogotá to San José flight | €98.08 | 5h 13m | 1,252 km |
| Cancún to San José flight | €108.70 | 5h 24m | 1,284 km |
| Miami to San José flight | €140.56 | 5h 55m | 1,808 km |
| Santo Domingo to San José flight | €152.36 | 5h 56m | 1,799 km |
| Fort Lauderdale to San José flight | €157.08 | 6h 4m | 1,847 km |
| Mexico City to San José flight | €160.62 | 6h 6m | 1,930 km |
| Orlando to San José flight | €174.78 | 6h 19m | 2,088 km |
| Houston to San José flight | €185.99 | 7h 1m | 2,497 km |
| Atlanta to San José flight | €224.34 | 7h 28m | 2,648 km |
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near UCR Railway Station
Most of the points near UCR Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Popular trips to San José
Common questions about Travel to San José
How can I get to San José?
San José is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 35 places, across 17 countries, on services run by 25 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to San José?
The cheapest way into San José is by flight, from €31.41 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 35 origins we sell into San José over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to San José?
The fastest journey into San José is by flight, at 3h 49m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 151 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does San José have?
San José has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are UCR Railway Station, CFIA Railway Station, UACA Railway Station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to San José from within 200 km?
4 of the routes we sell into San José start within 200 km. The nearest is Nicoya, 151 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from San José in Costa Rica?
San José connects to 35 places on our network across 17 countries the furthest of them 9,393 km away in a straight line. Costa Rica routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Costa Rica
The wider region
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in San José is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of San José and across Costa Rica
Day trips that leave San José in the morning and cover a good part of Costa Rica by evening.
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