There are 7 ways to get from Cleveland to Costa Rica by plane, bus (Greyhound), car, shuttle, bus, or train
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Fly Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CLE - SJO
9h 33m$174–754Train to Pittsburgh International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cleveland Amtrak to Pittsburgh Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PIT - SJO
13h 43m$168–348Bus via San Salvador
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta to Houston - Telephone Rdbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from San Salvador to San Josébus
5d 13h$524–925Drive 5,636.8 km
- Drive from Cleveland to San Josécar 5,636.8 km
2d 23h$756–1,092Fly Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane CLE - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
12h 59m$658–2,304Bus to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Columbusbus
- Fly from John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CMH - SJO
13h 1m$206–576Bus
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Houston to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Busbus
6d$439–928
Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cleveland to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $160 - $350 and takes 13h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cleveland to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 9h 33m and costs $170 - $800.
The distance between Cleveland and Costa Rica is 3524 km. The road distance is 5636.8 km.
The best way to get from Cleveland to Costa Rica without a car is to bus which takes 6 days 0h and costs $430 - $950.
It takes approximately 9h 33m to get from Cleveland to Costa Rica, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cleveland to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 9h 33m and costs $170 - $800. Alternatively, you can bus via San Salvador, which costs $500 - $950 and takes 5 days 13h.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Cleveland. It is currently 10:32 AM in Cleveland and 9:32 AM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Cleveland to Costa Rica is 5637 km. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Cleveland to Costa Rica.
There are 772+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Cleveland, OH, USA and Costa Rica?
Frontier Airlines, Volaris, and three other airlines fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cleveland Bus Station to San José via Atlanta Bus Station, Garnett Station, Doraville Station, Atlanta, Houston - Telephone Rd, Houston - Hillcroft Ave, Houston, San Salvador, and San Salvador in around 5d 13h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,000
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Cleveland Amtrak to Pittsburgh Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–220
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Atlanta to Houston - Telephone Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +503 7841 5688
- info@transportedelsol.com
- Website
- transportedelsol.com
Bus from San Salvador to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80
- Schedules at
- transportedelsol.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/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–50
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
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