There are 8 ways to get from Quepos to San Jose by plane, bus, train, car, shuttle, or subway
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Fly Quepos La Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
best- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)XQP - SJC
13h 38m$255–967Fly Quepos La Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
cheapest- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)XQP - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
10h 56m$166–634Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal San Rafael de Cerros to Terminal TRACOPA
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Jose
5d 7h$470–615Drive 3,675.9 mi
- Drive from Quepos to San Jose3,675.9 mi
3d$794–1,146Bus, shuttle to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take the bus from Quepos to Dominical
- Take a shuttle bus from Dominical to San José
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)SJO - SJC
14h 40m$281–1,228Bus, shuttle to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the bus from Quepos to Dominical
- Take a shuttle bus from Dominical to San José
- 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
14h 16m$252–845Bus, shuttle to Juan Santamaría International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, BART
- Take the bus from Quepos to Dominical
- Take a shuttle bus from Dominical to San José
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)SJO - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
16h 44m$275–837Bus, bus to Liberia International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the bus from Quepos to Puntarenas
- Take the bus from Puntarenas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- 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
16h 53m$455–1,934
Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Quepos to San Jose is to bus and shuttle and fly and Caltrain which costs $250 - $850 and takes 14h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Quepos to San Jose is to fly and Caltrain which takes 10h 56m and costs $160 - $650.
The distance between Quepos and San Jose is 3066 miles. The road distance is 3697.4 miles.
The best way to get from Quepos to San Jose without a car is to bus and train which takes 5 days 7h and costs $470 - $650.
It takes approximately 13h 38m to get from Quepos to San Jose, including transfers.
San Jose is 2h behind Quepos. It is currently 3:23 AM in Quepos and 1:23 AM in San Jose.
Yes, the driving distance between Quepos to San Jose is 3697 miles. It takes approximately 3 days 0h to drive from Quepos to San Jose.
There are 489+ hotels available in San Jose.
What companies run services between Quepos, Costa Rica and San Jose, CA, USA?
SANSA, Southwest Airlines, and Alaska Airlines, Inc. fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) once daily.
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- Website
- united.com
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
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
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
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
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Liberia International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 48m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
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
- aa.com
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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 2221 4214
- info@tracopacr.com
- Website
- tracopacr.com
Bus from Terminal San Rafael de Cerros to Terminal TRACOPA
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–14
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $11–14
- 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
- +506 2771 2550
- contraloriadeservicios@grupoblanco.cr
- Website
- grupoblanco.cr
Bus from Quepos to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Book at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Dominical to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2642 0024
- info@zumatours.net
- Website
- zumatours.net
Shuttle from Dominical to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.zumatours.net/
- Phone
- +506 2777 0263
- info@tqpcr.com
- Website
- tqpcr.com
Bus from Quepos to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–6
- Schedules at
- tqpcr.com
- Phone
- +506 2663 1752
- reinadelcamposa@hotmail.com
- Website
- reinadelcampo.com
Bus from Puntarenas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Schedules at
- reinadelcampo.com
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