There are 4 ways to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica by bus, plane, or taxi
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Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EDI - SJO
19h 10m$661–1,121Fly Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane GLA - LIO
28h 18m$357–1,221Fly Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GLA - SJO
19h$606–808Fly Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane GLA - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
31h 23m$505–1,366
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $600 - $850 and takes 19h.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 19h and costs $600 - $850.
The distance between Glasgow and Costa Rica is 8588 km.
It takes approximately 19h 10m to get from Glasgow to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Glasgow. It is currently 8:29 AM in Glasgow and 1:29 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 755+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Costa Rica?
Air Transat, United Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 22m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 22m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- $10–19
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