There are 8 ways to get from London to Costa Rica by train, plane, or taxi
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Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
14h 26m$489–1,137Train to Luton Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LTN - SJO
16h 51m$296–1,037Fly London City Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LCY - SJO
16h 38m$654–1,307Fly London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LHR - SJO
17h 6m$485–1,140Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Limón International Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LGW - LIO
33h 39m$309–799Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CDG - SJO
16h 43m$500–1,511Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LGW - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
19h 24m$398–1,285Fly London Stansted Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane STN - SJO
19h 5m$315–1,138
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $300 - $800 and takes 33h 39m.
The fastest way to get from London to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 14h 26m and costs $480 - $1,200.
The distance between London and Costa Rica is 8776 km.
It takes approximately 14h 26m to get from London to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 6h behind London. It is currently 1:01 PM in London and 7:01 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between London, England and Costa Rica?
KLM, British Airways, and Copa Airlines fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from London City Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London City Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $34–35
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–28
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $45–75
- 1st Class
- $100–170
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- $60–90
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