There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to China by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane SJO - PEK
23h 26m¥7,534–19,045Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane SJO - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Suzhoutrain
25h 15m¥3,483–9,639Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane SJO - HKG
26h 13m¥5,105–11,251Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LIR - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Suzhoutrain
29h 8m¥7,931–19,444Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane SJO - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
32h 13m¥4,539–15,054Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital 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 Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane LIR - PEK
28h 20m¥6,782–22,350Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)plane SJO - CAN
34h 58m¥4,316–13,024
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to China is to fly and train which costs ¥3400 - ¥10000 and takes 25h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to China is to fly which takes 23h 26m and costs ¥7500 - ¥19000.
The distance between Costa Rica and China is 14085 km.
It takes approximately 23h 26m to get from Costa Rica to China, including transfers.
There are 628+ hotels available in China.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and China?
KLM, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–15,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–15,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–15,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–14,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–19,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 28m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–19,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–21,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–14,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–14,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–14,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–19,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–19,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–17,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–25,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Atlanta, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 58m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–15,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via San Francisco, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–15,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–16,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–15,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–18,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–19,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–15,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via San Francisco, Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–15,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–17,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–9,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–18,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Calgary, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–16,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–13,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–15,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via San Francisco, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–13,000
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥40–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥40–70
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥110–160
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥19–26
- Hard sleeper
- ¥40–60
- Soft sleeper
- ¥70–95
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
- Website
- en.bcia.com.cn
Train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥27–35
- Website
- https://en.bcia.com.cn/gsjssy.html
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ¥1,417
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ¥1,822
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥440–470
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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