There are 4 ways to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LIS - SJO
16h 20m$443–904Fly to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LIS - LIO
28h 7m$304–1,017Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LIS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
29h 17m$926–2,781Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LIS - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
19h 7m$452–1,462
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $440 - $950 and takes 16h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 16h 20m and costs $440 - $950.
The distance between Lisbon and Costa Rica is 8031 km.
It takes approximately 16h 20m to get from Lisbon to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Lisbon. It is currently 1:22 AM in Lisbon and 6:22 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 776+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Costa Rica?
Air Canada, United Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 16m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 49m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Punta Cana, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 13m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- 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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