There are 7 ways to get from Pavas to San Jose by bus, plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train, subway, or shuttle
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Bus to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
best- Take the bus from Zona Franca Metropolitana to INVU Las Cañas
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)SJO - SJC
11h 31m$244–955Bus to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
cheapest- Take the bus from Zona Franca Metropolitana to INVU Las Cañas
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)SJO - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
11h 8m$215–572Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Jose Diridon Station
5d$424–592Drive 3,646.5 mi
- Drive from Pavas to San Jose3,646.5 mi
2d 23h$787–1,137Bus to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, BART
- Take the bus from Zona Franca Metropolitana to INVU Las Cañas
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)SJO - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
13h 35m$238–564Bus, shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the bus from Zona Franca Metropolitana to Avenida 2 con Calle 3
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)LIR - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
14h 21m$671–2,328Bus to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Monterey Regional Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Zona Franca Metropolitana to INVU Las Cañas
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)SJO - MRY
- Take a shuttle bus from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
16h 43m$254–865
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pavas to San Jose is to bus and fly and Caltrain which costs $210 - $600 and takes 11h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Pavas to San Jose is to bus and fly and Caltrain which takes 11h 8m and costs $210 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Pavas to San Jose station. However, there are services departing from Ina and arriving at San Jose Diridon Station via Terminal NicaBus, Managua, Olympic / Union and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5 days 0h.
The distance between Pavas and San Jose is 3060 miles. The road distance is 3667.8 miles.
The best way to get from Pavas to San Jose without a car is to bus which takes 5 days 0h and costs $420 - $600.
It takes approximately 11h 31m to get from Pavas to San Jose, including transfers.
Pavas to San Jose bus services, operated by Nica Bus, depart from Terminal NicaBus station.
Pavas to San Jose bus services, operated by Nica Bus, arrive at Managua station.
San Jose is 2h behind Pavas. It is currently 3:11 PM in Pavas and 1:11 PM in San Jose.
Yes, the driving distance between Pavas to San Jose is 3668 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Pavas to San Jose.
What companies run services between Pavas, Costa Rica and San Jose, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Ina to San Jose Diridon Station via Terminal TUASA, Terminal NicaBus, Managua, Los Angeles, Olympic / Union, Vignes / Cesar E Chavez, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 5d.
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- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–550
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Salvador, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- contraloriadeservicios@grupotuasa.com
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from Zona Franca Metropolitana to INVU Las Cañas
- Ave. Duration
- 13 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from Zona Franca Metropolitana to Avenida 2 con Calle 3
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Jose Diridon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Jose Diridon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $176
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $50–60
- Standard Rate
- $57
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