There are 6 ways to get from Split to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, bus, 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)plane SPU - SJO
18h 29m$710–1,112Fly Split Airport to Cobano, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Cobano (ACO)plane SPU - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenasferry
35h 50m$426–1,775Fly Split Airport to Limón International Airport
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane SPU - LIO
37h 37m$491–1,825Shuttle 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)plane DBV - SJO
34h 30mBus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ZAG - SJO
24h 12m$782–1,852Fly Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane SPU - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
33h 17m$609–1,970
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 $700 - $1,200 and takes 18h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Split to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 18h 29m and costs $700 - $1,200.
The distance between Split and Costa Rica is 10103 km.
It takes approximately 18h 29m to get from Split to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 8h behind Split. It is currently 2:36 PM in Split and 6:36 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 776+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Split, Croatia and Costa Rica?
United Airlines, Iberia, and two other airlines fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 5 times a week.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–2,300
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–2,300
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–2,000
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–2,300
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–2,300
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–2,000
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Split Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Split Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Split Airport to Cobano via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–2,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- 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
- +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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- 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
- $30–60
- 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 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- ap.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
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- + 506 2661 2084
- info@navieratambor.com
- Website
- navieratambor.com
Ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- navieratambor.com
- Adult
- $2
- Child
- $1
- Moto
- $8
- Bike
- $5
- Car
- $25
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