There are 8 ways to get from Connecticut to Costa Rica by train, plane, bus, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from Stamford Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EWR - SJO
9h 15m$190–1,280Fly Tweed-New Haven Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane HVN - SJO
10h 15m$122–552Train, bus
- Take the train from Bridgeport Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Terminal Tica Bus San Josébus
5d 16h$1,089–1,825Drive 6,239.3 km
- Drive from Bridgeport to San Josécar 6,239.3 km
3d 5h$837–1,209Fly Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BDL - SJO
10h 17m$172–702Fly Westchester County Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Westchester County Airport (HPN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane HPN - SJO
11h 49m$285–1,205Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Stamford Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane EWR - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
12h 24m$584–2,259Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Stamford to Grand Central Terminaltrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane JFK - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
12h 46m$529–1,464
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Connecticut to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $120 - $550 and takes 10h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Connecticut to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 9h 15m and costs $190 - $1,300.
The distance between Connecticut and Costa Rica is 3637 km. The road distance is 6239.3 km.
The best way to get from Connecticut to Costa Rica without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 16h and costs $1,000 - $1,900.
It takes approximately 9h 15m to get from Connecticut to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 2h behind Connecticut. It is currently 12:36 AM in Connecticut and 10:36 PM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Connecticut to Costa Rica is 6239 km. It takes approximately 3 days 5h to drive from Connecticut to Costa Rica.
There are 708+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Connecticut, USA and Costa Rica?
Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and two other airlines fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Tweed-New Haven Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Tweed-New Haven Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Tweed-New Haven Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Tweed-New Haven Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Tweed-New Haven Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Tweed-New Haven Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Stamford Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Bridgeport Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Stamford Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Stamford Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $8–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Stamford Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $8–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Stamford to Grand Central Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $11–13
- Peak
- $16–18
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- 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
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- Tica Bus
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Terminal Tica Bus San José
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- Tica Bus
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
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