There are 6 ways to get from Raleigh to Limón by plane, car, shuttle, 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 Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane RDU - LIO
10h 55m$122–552Drive 5,562 km
- Drive from Raleigh to Limóncar 5,562 km
2d 22h$891–1,287Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane RDU - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Limón
13h 47m$1,122–1,602Bus to Fayetteville Municipal Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Fayetteville Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Fayetteville Municipal Airport (FAY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane FAY - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Limón
15h 21m$1,146–1,587Train to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, fly to Limón International Airport
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Charlotte Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane CLT - LIO
12h 25m$231–752Train to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Charlotte Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CLT - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Limón
15h 37m$1,231–1,752
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Limón International Airport (LIO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Limón is to fly which costs $120 - $550 and takes 10h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Limón is to fly which takes 10h 55m and costs $120 - $550.
The distance between Raleigh and Limón is 2935 km. The road distance is 5562 km.
It takes approximately 10h 55m to get from Raleigh to Limón, including transfers.
Limón is 1h behind Raleigh. It is currently 7:45 AM in Raleigh and 6:45 AM in Limón.
Yes, the driving distance between Raleigh to Limón is 5562 km. It takes approximately 2 days 22h to drive from Raleigh to Limón.
There are 39+ hotels available in Limón.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Limón, Costa Rica?
Delta, SANSA, and five other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Limón International Airport (LIO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Tampa, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Tampa, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Limón International Airport via Panama City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Limón International Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Charlotte Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Charlotte Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Limón
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $685
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Limón
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $685
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $315
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Limón
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $685
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Fayetteville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Fayetteville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Want to know more about travelling around Costa Rica
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Need to know: Greyhound
Read the travel guide
Travelling to the US: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Why you should take the train in the US
Read the travel guide
















