There are 6 ways to get from Dubai to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
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Fly Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DXB - SJO
23h 54m$552–1,204Fly Dubai International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane DXB - LIO
25h 24m$332–1,216Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane AUH - SJO
27h 36m$362–1,115Fly Dubai International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane DXB - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
26h 53m$1,227–4,203Fly Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane DXB - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
27h 24m$541–1,152Fly Dubai International Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cobano (ACO)plane DXB - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
29h 47m$568–1,965
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Costa Rica is to shuttle and fly which costs $360 - $1,200 and takes 27h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 23h 54m and costs $550 - $1,200.
The distance between Dubai and Costa Rica is 14158 km.
It takes approximately 23h 54m to get from Dubai to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 10h behind Dubai. It is currently 2:25 PM in Dubai and 4:25 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 775+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Costa Rica?
Air Canada, Emirates, and four other airlines fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cobano via New York JFK, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cobano via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cobano via Miami, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 34m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cobano via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cobano via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,100
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–11
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
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