There are 7 ways to get from Boston Airport (BOS) to Costa Rica by plane, train, bus, rideshare, car, shuttle, 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 to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)BOS - SJO
7h 45m$159–438Train, bus
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
7d 12h$747–2,799Airport Transfer
- Take the rideshare from Boston-BOS to San José6,502.7 km
3d 8hDrive 6,502.7 km
- Drive from Boston-Airport-BOS to San José6,502.7 km
3d 8h$872–1,260Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)BOS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
9h 21m$603–1,910Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Nosara Airport (NOB)BOS - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
11h 41m$495–1,034Fly to Cobano, ferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Cobano (ACO)BOS - ACO
- Take the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas
13h 5m$188–843
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boston Airport (BOS) to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $150 - $440 and takes 7h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Boston Airport (BOS) to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 7h 45m and costs $150 - $440.
The distance between Boston Airport (BOS) and Costa Rica is 3826 km. The road distance is 6502.7 km.
The best way to get from Boston Airport (BOS) to Costa Rica without a car is to train and bus which takes 7 days 12h and costs $700 - $2,800.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Boston Airport (BOS) to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Boston Airport (BOS). It is currently 4:52 AM in Boston Airport (BOS) and 3:52 AM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Boston Airport (BOS) to Costa Rica is 6503 km. It takes approximately 3 days 8h to drive from Boston Airport (BOS) to Costa Rica.
There are 794+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
Check out Blablacar's carpooling service for rideshare options between Boston Airport (BOS) and Costa Rica. A great option if you don't have a driver's licence or want to avoid public transport.
What companies run services between Boston Airport (BOS), USA and Costa Rica?
JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) every 2 hours.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Baltimore, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Miami, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Baltimore, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Baltimore, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Baltimore, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nosara Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–340
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–340
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Baltimore, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cobano via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–430
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Liberia International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–1,600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $326
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +506 6061 5674 / 2645 7272
- jorge27fm@gmail.com
- Website
- shuttlesmonteverde.com
Shuttle from Nosara to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190
- Schedules at
- shuttlesmonteverde.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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