There are 7 ways to get from Birmingham to Costa Rica by plane, train, or taxi
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Fly Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BHX - SJO
32h 28m$503–1,115Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LTN - SJO
18h 25m$309–1,118Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
15h 59m$504–1,222Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAN - SJO
19h 1m$569–1,181Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BRS - SJO
18h 5m$623–1,108Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LHR - SJO
18h 26m$508–1,214Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LGW - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
20h 57m$413–1,270
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Birmingham to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 32h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Birmingham to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 15h 59m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Birmingham and Costa Rica is 8637 km.
It takes approximately 32h 28m to get from Birmingham to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 6h behind Birmingham. It is currently 10:18 AM in Birmingham and 4:18 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 750+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Birmingham, England and Costa Rica?
TUI Airways, Volaris, and three other airlines fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 41m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 34m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–85
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–50
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $34–36
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $22–75
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–28
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
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