There are 6 ways to get from Munich to Costa Rica by train or plane
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Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane NUE - SJO
17h 48m$692–3,493Fly Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane MUC - LIO
19h 10m$454–1,731Fly Munich International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MUC - SJO
17h 39m$613–1,118Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SZG - SJO
19h 37m$512–2,297Train to Frankfurt, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FRA - SJO
17h 33m$604–1,713Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZRH - SJO
18h 49m$577–1,196
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $600 - $1,200 and takes 17h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 17h 33m and costs $600 - $1,800.
The distance between Munich and Costa Rica is 9724 km.
It takes approximately 17h 48m to get from Munich to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Munich. It is currently 6:33 AM in Munich and 10:33 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 743+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,100
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,700
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–2,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–2,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Train operators
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $90–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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