There are 7 ways to get from Dresden to Costa Rica by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dresden Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DRS - SJO
17h 45m$503–1,810Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BER - SJO
19h 27m$373–1,269Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LEJ - SJO
19h 16m$574–1,998Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PRG - SJO
21h 8m$618–970Train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
19h 9m$599–1,406Fly Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane DRS - LIO
30h 58m$515–1,925Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane NUE - SJO
20h 42m$513–1,718
Dresden Airport (DRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $600 - $1,000 and takes 21h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 17h 45m and costs $500 - $1,900.
The distance between Dresden and Costa Rica is 9711 km.
It takes approximately 17h 45m to get from Dresden to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Dresden. It is currently 6:18 AM in Dresden and 10:18 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 708+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Costa Rica?
Lufthansa, Swiss, and Edelweiss Air fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Munich, Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Dresden Airport to Limón International Airport via Munich, Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17
- Website
- Danish Railways
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