There are 8 ways to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, bus, train, or shuttle
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Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PIT - SJO
10h 16m$180–738Bus to Akron, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Robert K Pfaff Transit Center - Akronbus
- Fly from Akron (CAK) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CAK - SJO
12h 57m$140–537Bus
- 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$499–1,028Drive 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 to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Latrobe Arnold Palmer Reg Airportbus
- Fly from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LBE - SJO
22h 19m$182–808Train to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- 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 50m$191–936Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PIT - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
13h 39m$718–2,303Train, 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 Terminal Managua - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Nortebus
6d 18h$910–1,773
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 bus and fly which costs $140 - $550 and takes 12h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Pittsburgh to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 10h 16m and costs $180 - $750.
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 $490 - $1,100.
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 $180 - $750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $490 - $1,100 and takes 5 days 11h.
Costa Rica is 2h behind Pittsburgh. It is currently 3:04 PM in Pittsburgh and 1:04 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 758+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Pittsburgh, PA, USA and Costa Rica?
JetBlue Airways, American Airlines, 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
- aa.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Akron to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Myrtle Beach, Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Akron to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Myrtle Beach, Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando, Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Akron to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Myrtle Beach, Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,300
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
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
- $35–85
- 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
- $350–800
- 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
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Washington Union Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- 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/
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Latrobe Arnold Palmer Reg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Robert K Pfaff Transit Center - Akron
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- 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
Bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $30–50
- Phone
- +1-724-834-9282
- Website
- westmorelandtransit.com
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to Latrobe Arnold Palmer Reg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://www.westmorelandtransit.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westmorelandtransit.com/schedules/
- Children 6-12
- $1–3
- Adults 13+
- $2–7
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- 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
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