There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Washington by plane, car, train, subway, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SJO - DCA
8h 43m$371–1,602Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SJO - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
7h 44m$123–440Drive 3,600.3 mi
- Drive from San José to Washingtoncar 3,600.3 mi
3d$777–1,123Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SJO - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
7h 45m$173–1,204Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National 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 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane LIR - DCA
11h 33m$1,036–3,901Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington 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 Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane LIR - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
10h 28m$588–2,553Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane SJO - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
12h 43m$263–937
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Washington is to fly and subway which costs $120 - $440 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Washington is to fly and subway which takes 7h 44m and costs $120 - $440.
The distance between Costa Rica and Washington is 2057 miles. The road distance is 3621.3 miles.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Costa Rica to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 2h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 5:41 AM in Costa Rica and 7:41 AM in Washington.
Yes, the driving distance between Costa Rica to Washington is 3621 miles. It takes approximately 3 days 0h to drive from Costa Rica to Washington.
There are 1777+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Washington, DC, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) every 2 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–950
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–16
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- 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/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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