There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Costa Rica by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EDI - SJO
17h 33m$514–1,015Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GLA - SJO
20h 16m$304–1,158Fly Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane EDI - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
33h 19m$987–3,292Fly Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane EDI - LIO
32h 19m$355–1,328Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane GLA - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
22h 47m$1,007–3,335
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 17h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 17h 33m and costs $500 - $1,100.
The distance between Edinburgh and Costa Rica is 8534 km.
It takes approximately 17h 33m to get from Edinburgh to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 9:25 PM in Edinburgh and 2:25 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 785+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Costa Rica?
JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 23m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 23m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 53m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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