There are 5 ways to get from Budapest to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, train, or taxi
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)BUD - SJO
19h 4m$496–959Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Limón International Airport (LIO)BUD - LIO
32h 17m$266–921Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)BUD - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
23h 22m$1,031–3,208Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)VIE - SJO
21h 19m$573–1,293Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)BUD - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidro
20h 47m$395–1,157
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $260 - $950 and takes 32h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 19h 4m and costs $490 - $1,000.
The distance between Budapest and Costa Rica is 10202 km.
It takes approximately 19h 4m to get from Budapest to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Budapest. It is currently 8:59 PM in Budapest and 1:59 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 793+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Costa Rica?
Air Canada, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $40–65
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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