There are 6 ways to get from Split to Costa Rica by plane, bus, shuttle, taxi, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)SPU - SJO
18h 9m$390–1,412Fly Split Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Limón International Airport (LIO)SPU - LIO
36h 17m$340–1,224Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)ZAG - SJO
24h 38m$638–1,357Shuttle to Dubrovnik Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Split to Dubrovnik
- Fly from Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)DBV - SJO
37h 40mFly Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)SPU - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidro
32h 17m$479–1,460Fly Split Airport to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Cobano (ACO)SPU - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
34h 25m$466–1,773
Split Airport (SPU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Split to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $340 - $1,300 and takes 36h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Split to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 9m and costs $390 - $1,500.
The distance between Split and Costa Rica is 10103 km.
It takes approximately 18h 9m to get from Split to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Split. It is currently 10:23 AM in Split and 3:23 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 793+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Split, Croatia and Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Air France, and two other airlines fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a week.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,400
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–1,800
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 57m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Newark, Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- kontakt@promet-makarska.hr
- Website
- promet-makarska.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–36
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $33
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- + 385 (0)21 643 422
- info@delminiumtravel.hr
- Website
- delminiumtravel.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- delminiumtravel.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 344 085
- Info@sugamantours.com
- Website
- sugamantours.com
Shuttle from Split to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- sugamantours.com
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–23
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $7
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $23
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