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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 United Airlines (5 flights per week), Alaska Airlines (4 flights per week), and American Airlines (2 flights per week).

There are 10 airports in Costa Rica. The busiest airport is Juan Santamaria Airport (SJO), with 73% 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 Liberia Airport (LIR), with an average flight price of $291.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Costa Rica is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $526. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $622 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $482 on average. Morning departures are around 4% 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 $618.

The cheapest ticket to Costa Rica from California found in the last 5 days was to Liberia, at $386 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 5 days was $593.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Costa Rica is February, when tickets cost $226 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $352 and $351 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Costa Rica, you should book around 1 week 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 6 direct flights each week.

There are around 2 direct flights from within California to Costa Rica every day. Most flights (55%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 11 direct flights from within California to Costa Rica. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 36% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Costa Rica takes 11h 35m, covering a distance of 2805 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Liberia (LIR) with an average flight time of 5h 33m.

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 11 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 (60% of total searches to Costa Rica). The next most popular destination is Liberia (40%).