There are 8 ways to get from Pennsylvania to Costa Rica by plane, train, bus, car, or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PHL - SJO
9h 20m$126–461Train, bus
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Houston Uptown/Upper Kirbybus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
5d 14h$578–1,207Drive 6,016.7 km
- Drive from Philadelphia to San Josécar 6,016.7 km
3d 3h$807–1,166Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PIT - SJO
9h 53m$162–678Bus to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, fly
- Take the bus from East Busway Teardrop to Arnold Palmer Regional Airportbus
- Fly from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LBE - SJO
23h 7m$168–715Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly
- Take the train from 30th Street Station 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
9h 52m$147–1,367Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EWR - SJO
9h 49m$158–531Bus
- Take the bus from Philadelphia to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal San Carlos - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
5d 14h$522–1,003
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pennsylvania to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $120 - $470 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Pennsylvania to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 9h 20m and costs $120 - $470.
The distance between Pennsylvania and Costa Rica is 3457 km. The road distance is 6016.7 km.
The best way to get from Pennsylvania to Costa Rica without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 14h and costs $550 - $1,300.
It takes approximately 9h 20m to get from Pennsylvania to Costa Rica, including transfers.
The best way to get from Pennsylvania to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 9h 20m and costs $120 - $470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $500 - $1,000 and takes 5 days 14h.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Pennsylvania. It is currently 8:37 PM in Pennsylvania and 7:37 PM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Pennsylvania to Costa Rica is 6017 km. It takes approximately 3 days 3h to drive from Pennsylvania to Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Pennsylvania, USA and Costa Rica?
Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and five other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a subway from 15th St/City Hall to Terminal Atlántico Norte via Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Atlanta Bus Station, Houston Bus Station, Houston - Harrisburg Blvd, Houston - Hillcroft Ave, Houston, San Salvador, and Terminal San Carlos - CCA in around 5d 14h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
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 Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando, Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
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
- jetblue.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
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 Newark Liberty International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- 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 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
- volaris.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- 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 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- 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 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Houston Uptown/Upper Kirby
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Schedules at
- flixbus.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
- +1-724-834-9282
- Website
- westmorelandtransit.com
Bus from East Busway Teardrop to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–8
- Website
- https://www.westmorelandtransit.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westmorelandtransit.com/schedules/
- Children 6-12
- $1–3
- Adults 13+
- $2–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from East Busway Teardrop to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Philadelphia to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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