There are 6 ways to get from Costa Rica to Wellington by plane, shuttle, train, or bus
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wellington
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Wellington (WLG)plane SJO - WLG
26h 22m$1,010–3,915Fly Limón International Airport to Wellington
- Fly from Limón International Airport (LIO) to Wellington (WLG)plane LIO - WLG
30h 4m$1,027–3,834Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Wellington
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Wellington (WLG)plane LIR - WLG
29h 16m$2,716–9,200Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Paraparaumu, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Paraparaumu (PPQ)plane SJO - PPQ
- Take the train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Stationtrain
30h 1m$1,014–4,009Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palmerston, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Palmerston (PMR)plane SJO - PMR
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Centralbus
29h 21m$1,020–3,967Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wanganui Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Wanganui Airport (WAG)plane SJO - WAG
- Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Centralbus
32h 21m$1,236–4,591
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Wellington (WLG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Wellington is to fly which costs $1,000 - $3,900 and takes 30h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Wellington is to fly which takes 26h 22m and costs $1,000 - $4,000.
The distance between Costa Rica and Wellington is 11666 km.
It takes approximately 26h 22m to get from Costa Rica to Wellington, including transfers.
Wellington is 19h ahead of Costa Rica. It is currently 2:31 PM in Costa Rica and 9:31 AM in Wellington.
There are 322+ hotels available in Wellington.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Wellington, New Zealand?
United Airlines, Air New Zealand, and three other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Wellington (WLG) once daily.
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Paraparaumu via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Paraparaumu via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Paraparaumu via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Paraparaumu via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Paraparaumu via Lima, Santiago, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wanganui Airport via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 17m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Lima, Santiago, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,000
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palmerston via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palmerston via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palmerston via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palmerston via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 22m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palmerston via Lima, Santiago, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Limón International Airport to Wellington via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–8,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–9,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,000
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–14,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–9,000
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Paraparaumu via Houston, Auckland, Blenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- 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
- $298
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $389
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–120
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
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