There are 8 ways to get from Massachusetts to Costa Rica by plane, bus (Flixbus), car, train, or shuttle
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Fly Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BOS - SJO
10h 6m$143–484Train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from South Station to TF Green Airporttrain
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PVD - SJO
11h 7m$117–498Bus
- Take the bus from Boston to New York City Chinatownbus
- Take the bus from New York to Atlantabus
- Take the bus from Atlanta to Houston - Telephone Rdbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
5d 10h$547–912Drive 6,498.8 km
- Drive from Boston to San Josécar 6,498.8 km
3d 8h$872–1,259Fly Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BDL - SJO
10h 27m$164–892Train, train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Springfield to New Haventrain
- Take the train from New Haven to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane JFK - SJO
11h 44m$159–1,022Fly Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane BOS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
11h 53m$568–1,903Train, train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Springfield to New Haventrain
- Take the train from New Haven to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EWR - SJO
12h 44m$168–750
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Massachusetts to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $140 - $490 and takes 10h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Massachusetts to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 10h 6m and costs $140 - $490.
The distance between Massachusetts and Costa Rica is 3831 km. The road distance is 6498.8 km.
The best way to get from Massachusetts to Costa Rica without a car is to bus which takes 5 days 10h and costs $500 - $950.
It takes approximately 10h 6m to get from Massachusetts to Costa Rica, including transfers.
The best way to get from Massachusetts to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 10h 6m and costs $140 - $490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $500 - $950 and takes 5 days 10h.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Massachusetts. It is currently 6:57 AM in Massachusetts and 5:57 AM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Massachusetts to Costa Rica is 6499 km. It takes approximately 3 days 8h to drive from Massachusetts to Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Massachusetts, USA and Costa Rica?
Spirit Airlines, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Boston to Terminal Atlántico Norte via New York City Chinatown, New York, Atlanta, Atlanta, Houston - Telephone Rd, Houston - Hillcroft Ave, Houston, San Salvador, and Terminal San Carlos - CCA in around 5d 10h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–410
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from South Station to TF Green Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $6–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Springfield to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from New Haven to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Springfield to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $8–220
- Business Class
- $50–250
Train from New Haven to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from New Haven to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $17–450
- First Class
- $120–600
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to New York City Chinatown
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 646-630-7186
- help@wandacoach.com
- Website
- wandacoach.com
Bus from New York to Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.wandacoach.com
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/wanda-travel/
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Atlanta to Houston - Telephone Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $65–95
- 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
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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