There are 6 ways to get from Germany 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 from Hamburg Airport
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)HAM - SJO
16h 47m$495–906Fly from Stuttgart Airport
cheapest- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)STR - SJO
17h 26m$350–1,314Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)DUS - SJO
16h 38m$661–966Fly from Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)FRA - SJO
15h 7m$499–1,213Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)AMS - SJO
16h 18m$475–1,240Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)ZRH - SJO
17h 54m$558–1,094
Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $490 - $950 and takes 16h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 15h 7m and costs $490 - $1,300.
The distance between Germany and Costa Rica is 9409 km.
It takes approximately 16h 47m to get from Germany to Costa Rica, including transfers.
There are 793+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Germany and Costa Rica?
KLM, Air France, and two other airlines fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $65–110
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–16
- 1st Class
- $16–28
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $12–14
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–33
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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