There are 9 ways to get from Costa Rica to Sacramento by plane, bus, car, subway, train, or shuttle
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane SJO - SMF
11h 36m$353–1,406Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART, train
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SJO - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
12h 59m$297–846Bus via Morelia
- Take the bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Benito - CCAbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Guatemala Aguilar Batresbus
- Take the bus from Guatemana Aguilar Batres to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Moreliabus
- Take the bus from Morelia to Sacramentobus
4d 15h$315–576Drive 3,693.8 mi
- Drive from San José to Sacramentocar 3,693.8 mi
3d$798–1,152Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Sacramento 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 Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane LIR - SMF
14h 7m$878–3,105Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane SJO - OAK
- Take the train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Sacramentotrain
14h 58m$329–1,355Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane SJO - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Amtrak to Sacramentotrain
15h 52m$478–945Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Chinatown Station to Huong Lan Sandwiches Sacramentobus
5d$431–492Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Benito - CCAbus
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcosbus
- Take the train from San Marcos Amtrak to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Sacramentotrain
5d 7h$628–2,372
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Sacramento is to fly and BART and train which costs $290 - $850 and takes 12h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Sacramento is to fly which takes 11h 36m and costs $350 - $1,500.
No, there is no direct bus from Costa Rica to Sacramento. However, there are services departing from Terminal Atlántico Norte and arriving at Sacramento via Terminal San Benito - CCA, Guatemana Aguilar Batres, Tapachula, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte and Morelia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 15h.
The distance between Costa Rica and Sacramento is 3072 miles. The road distance is 3715.4 miles.
The best way to get from Costa Rica to Sacramento without a car is to bus via Morelia which takes 4 days 15h and costs $310 - $600.
It takes approximately 11h 36m to get from Costa Rica to Sacramento, including transfers.
Costa Rica to Sacramento bus services, operated by Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter), depart from Terminal Atlántico Norte station.
The best way to get from Costa Rica to Sacramento is to fly which takes 11h 36m and costs $350 - $1,500. Alternatively, you can bus via Morelia, which costs $310 - $600 and takes 4 days 15h.
Costa Rica to Sacramento bus services, operated by Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter), arrive at Terminal San Benito - CCA station.
Sacramento is 2h behind Costa Rica. It is currently 4:05 AM in Costa Rica and 2:05 AM in Sacramento.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Sacramento, CA, USA?
American Airlines, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Sacramento via Terminal San Benito - CCA, Guatemana Aguilar Batres, Tapachula, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, and Morelia in around 4d 15h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 44m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–29
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Clara Amtrak to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $34–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Marcos Amtrak to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $250–1,700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Benito - CCA
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–81
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $55–75
Bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Guatemala Aguilar Batres
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $16–40
Bus from Guatemana Aguilar Batres to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $19–45
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Guatemana Aguilar Batres to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- 800 622 22 22
- buzondeatencion@gho.mx
- Website
- autovias.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.autovias.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 477 710 0060
- Website
- primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Book at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Morelia to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.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
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- 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
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- admin@lowfarebus.com
- Website
- xedohoang.com
Bus from Chinatown Station to Huong Lan Sandwiches Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/hoangexpress/
- Website
- https://xedohoang.com/en
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- elcondorinternacional@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
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