There are 6 ways to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, bus, or train
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 Pittsburgh International Airport
best- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PIT - SJO
10h 16m$162–678Bus
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station 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 11h$426–913Drive 5,699.1 km
- Drive from Pittsburgh to San Josécar 5,699.1 km
2d 23h$765–1,104Bus 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$162–753Train to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Cleveland Amtraktrain
- Fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CLE - SJO
12h 55m$202–799Train, bus
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Lakeland Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - Plant City, FL to Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston to Katybus
- Take the bus from Houston to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Busbus
6d 13h$758–1,384
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $160 - $700 and takes 10h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 10h 16m and costs $160 - $700.
The distance between Pittsburgh and Costa Rica is 3459 km. The road distance is 5699.1 km.
The best way to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica without a car is to bus which takes 5 days 11h and costs $420 - $950.
It takes approximately 10h 16m to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica, including transfers.
The best way to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 10h 16m and costs $160 - $700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $420 - $950 and takes 5 days 11h.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Pittsburgh. It is currently 8:42 PM in Pittsburgh and 7:42 PM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Pittsburgh to Costa Rica is 5699 km. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Pittsburgh, PA, USA and Costa Rica?
Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and four other airlines fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Terminal Atlántico Norte via Washington Union Station, Atlanta Bus Station, Houston Bus Station, Houston - Harrisburg Blvd, Houston - Hillcroft Ave, Houston, San Salvador, and Terminal San Carlos - CCA in around 5d 11h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- spirit.com
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
- Website
- southwest.com
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
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- aa.com
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 Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
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
- 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 Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Cleveland Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Lakeland Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–370
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Washington Union Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- 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
- $70–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from East Busway Teardrop to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- 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
Bus from Houston to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- 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
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - Plant City, FL to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–300
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $150–300
Bus from Houston to Katy
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $30–130
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
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