There are 7 ways to get from Croatia to Costa Rica by plane, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZAG - SJO
18h 17m$362–1,305Fly from Split Airport
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SPU - SJO
18h 54m$850–1,600Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane TRS - SJO
24h 45m$470–1,501Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LJU - SJO
20h 53m$661–1,912Shuttle to Graz Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Graz Airport
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GRZ - SJO
20h 51m$781–2,282Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane VCE - SJO
21h 44m$379–1,877Bus, shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane VIE - SJO
24h 19m$697–1,538
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Croatia to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $360 - $1,400 and takes 18h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Croatia to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 17m and costs $360 - $1,400.
The distance between Croatia and Costa Rica is 10017 km.
It takes approximately 18h 17m to get from Croatia to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Croatia. It is currently 11:27 AM in Croatia and 4:27 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 727+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Croatia and Costa Rica?
Croatia Airlines, Edelweiss Air, and three other airlines fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Ljubljana to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Graz Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Ljubljana to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Graz Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–410
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–480
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $312
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–700
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $50
- Private
- $278
Bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–290
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $146
- Shared
- $50–75
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- info@easydrive.si
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $46
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
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