There are 5 ways to get from Costa Rica to Budapest by plane, train, shuttle, or taxi
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)SJO - BUD
16h 9mFt 161,973–312,804Fly Limón International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LIO - BUD
18h 22mFt 99,929–356,234Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)SJO - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
19h 11mFt 187,573–422,004Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LIR - BUD
22h 13mFt 296,256–833,956Taxi to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the taxi from San Isidro to Quepos-Airport-XQP
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)XQP - BUD
17h 58mFt 137,077–390,137
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Budapest is to fly which costs 100 000 Ft - 360 000 Ft and takes 18h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Budapest is to fly which takes 16h 9m and costs 160 000 Ft - 320 000 Ft.
The distance between Costa Rica and Budapest is 10201 km.
It takes approximately 16h 9m to get from Costa Rica to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 7h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 10:08 PM in Costa Rica and 5:08 AM in Budapest.
There are 7219+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Budapest, Hungary?
Air France, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 3 times a day.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 240,000–460,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–400,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 250,000–480,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 440,000–850,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 220,000–700,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 200,000–390,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Liberia International Airport, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–390,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–450,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–390,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 130,000–480,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 440,000–850,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–380,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–400,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–350,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–430,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–340,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–400,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–350,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–430,000
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–340,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–600,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 150,000–600,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 160,000–370,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 440,000–850,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–23,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–11,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 56,657
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 73,885
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–24,000
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–48,000
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