There are 6 ways to get from Manchester to Costa Rica by plane, train, shuttle, or taxi
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Fly Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAN - SJO
16h 41m$606–1,111Fly Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane MAN - LIO
26h 4m$447–1,124Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LHR - SJO
16h 52m$656–1,384Train to Newcastle, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane NCL - SJO
22h 16m$776–1,529Fly Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane MAN - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
34h 29m$779–2,288Fly Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane MAN - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
29h 49m$575–1,279
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $600 - $1,200 and takes 16h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 16h 41m and costs $600 - $1,200.
The distance between Manchester and Costa Rica is 8603 km.
It takes approximately 16h 41m to get from Manchester to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Manchester. It is currently 5:12 PM in Manchester and 10:12 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 752+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Costa Rica?
British Airways, Air Transat, and Air Canada fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) once daily.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–950
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 37m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–950
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Victoria to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
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