There are 6 ways to get from Munich to Costa Rica by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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
18h 14m$462–1,624Fly Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane MUC - LIO
29h$368–1,440Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SZG - SJO
19h 18m$501–1,764Fly Munich International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MUC - SJO
18h 17m$606–3,125Train 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 43m$550–1,367Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZRH - SJO
18h 45m$554–2,049
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $360 - $1,500 and takes 29h.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 17h 43m and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Munich and Costa Rica is 9723 km.
It takes approximately 18h 14m to get from Munich to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Munich. It is currently 6:19 PM in Munich and 10:19 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 708+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Lufthansa, and American Airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–31
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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