$109 Find Cheap Flights from California to Costa Rica

KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from California to Costa Rica.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to Costa Rica is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from California to Costa Rica with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from California to Costa Rica up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

California and Costa Rica are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Alaska Airlines (22 flights per week), American Airlines (14 flights per week), and KLM (8 flights per week).

There are 12 airports in Costa Rica. The busiest airport is Juan Santamaria Airport (SJO), with 66% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Costa Rica is San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport (SJO), with an average flight price of $224.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Costa Rica is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $498. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are $585 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $522 on average. Morning departures are around 1% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $562.

The cheapest ticket to Costa Rica from California found in the last 72 hours was to San José, at $180 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to San José (SJO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $180.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Costa Rica is September, when tickets cost $438 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $992 and $648 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Costa Rica, you should book around 8 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Costa Rica from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 83 direct flights each week.

There are around 9 direct flights from within California to Costa Rica every day. Most flights (48%) depart at night.

Each week there are around 60 direct flights from within California to Costa Rica. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 22% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Costa Rica takes 11h 56m, covering a distance of 2805 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Liberia (LIR) with an average flight time of 5h 30m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Costa Rica. Instead, there are 60 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Los Angeles.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is San José (69% of total searches to Costa Rica). The next most popular destination is Liberia (31%).