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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to El Salvador

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to El Salvador to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to El Salvador?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to El Salvador from Costa Rica found in the last 72 hours was to San Salvador, at $251 round-trip. The most popular route is San José (SJO) to San Salvador (SAL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $251.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Costa Rica to El Salvador?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Costa Rica to El Salvador, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Costa Rica to El Salvador is January, when tickets cost $185 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $249 and $238 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to El Salvador?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Costa Rica to El Salvador depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to El Salvador is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $214 on average. Morning departures are around 6% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to El Salvador is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $323.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Costa Rica to El Salvador?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to El Salvador, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Costa Rica to El Salvador, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 4% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in El Salvador?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in El Salvador is San Salvador El Salvador Intl Airport (SAL), with an average flight price of $271.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$181
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 13% increase in price.
Flight from San José to San Salvador

FAQs for booking flights from Costa Rica to El Salvador

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Costa Rica to El Salvador?

    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 Costa Rica to El Salvador.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Costa Rica to El Salvador?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Costa Rica to El Salvador?

    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 Costa Rica to El Salvador with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Costa Rica to El Salvador?

    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 Costa Rica to El Salvador up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to El Salvador?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to El Salvador is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $282. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $341 on average.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Costa Rica to El Salvador

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Costa Rica to El Salvador? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
Volaris Costa RicaOverall score based on 81 reviews
7.6Comfort
5.9Food
5.2Entertainment
7.9Boarding
8.3Crew
Airline reviews

Smooth flight. Easy boarding. Come early. Check in line is long

8.0 ExcellentJanice, Feb 2026
MCO - SJO
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Smooth flight. Easy boarding. Come early. Check in line is long

Quick boarding and check in.. but premium seats don’t recline.. very hard to relax. But overall, it was a Great a satisfying experience.. Thank You

If they listen to you especially when there’s a problem with a passport now I lost my tickets and also my seat money

The worst airline I have ever experienced. Terrible customer service. Absolutely disgraceful

Checking bags at the airport, very confusing they make lines for different flights but they don’t have any signs, so if you are on the wrong line be aware they will send you to the end of the correct line. No priority for check in even if you pay and no priority to disabled persons and elderly persons.

Despite all the negative reviews, I took Volaris with a family of 4 (including a toddler and infant in arms). The only compliant was they charged me $70 to gate check our wagon (which we use as a stroller) and then it was not available for pickup at the gate (which is the entire point), so we had to get through customs and the airport with our luggage and no way to push our kids :(

Après avoir manqué l’avion aucune aide de la part des agents à l’aéroport pour trouver un autre vol

Más comida no cobrar tanto por los asientos y comida food

Worst airline ever!! Delays in all my flights!!! Do not flight with Volaris!

The departures screens in the airport showed the flight as canceled for some weird reason, but when I got to the gate just to double check, it showed it as on time, and not canceled. This was confusing, but ultimately I was able to get to where I needed to go.

I was flying business class, and the French fellow passengers were super noisy. It was not a comfortable flight. And the crew was not helpful.

Boarding was a mess, they call all priority members without distinction so gold, platinum, silver were all mixed together in a long line which defeats the purpose

Entire experience from check in to landing was amazing the flight crew was excellent and friendly. Seats were comfortable.

Boarding was confusing from staff telling going to preboard and than to group 1 Airplane was not cooling at the beginning

Avoid at all costs. My wife had to stay back on a connecting flight as her parents flight was delayed. 10 days later on the way back they cancelled all our flights. We had to rebook all four of us on the next days flight.

Friendly crew, good food options, food not the best and seats not as comfy but that’s typical.

The food is terrible I ask for water never got transport my mother we’re late and my sister from Lima was the worst waiting to long for wheelchair

Do not book it’s a scam! They stole $1200 from me

Horrible. No TV or any type of entertainment on board. Passwnger listening to/watching stuff on their own phone with no headphones making it noise and uncomfortable for everyone else, little/tiny food portions, old seats, useless wifi (cant access anything). Horrible exlerience especially it was a lomg distance flight with kids.

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

This airline always trick us so we end up paying again for the luggage’s. This airline is worthless and take advantage of travelers .

Now days most airlines flying to Central America have a really poor service, but if you buy first class they will treat you better. I miss those days when flying was fun.

Friendly staff at all very easy check in and organize process

Horrible airline, upgraded to sit on seats made of stone. Staff were rude and on top of it they charge an arm and a leg for luggage 🧳 never again

The seats are the worst I upgraded to premium big mistake and it seems like no one likes there job very unpleasant

they don’t have TV Seat to Type in space

Seats are absolutely not comfortable and large enough. There’s a limit and you stepped over it. I understand that there’s a business class, however for the price it costs, it’s just plain stupid for a 50 minute flight.

The employees at the gate were not communicating, they preferred to give the upgrade to pilots and not to the elite passengers Every flight I more disappointing, clients shooed be priority instead of other employees even if they are pilots, there was plenty room for pilots in economy

This was my first time flying with you guys and my very last! This was the most horrible experience!!! There was not even tv in the plane! How cheap can this airline be!!! I paid so much for my suitcase!!! I would never fly with this airline again! The crew are very rude!

The crew was great! They waited for me as Air Canada flight was delayed by 1:15 hours from Ottawa to Toronto. I am a bit disappointed that we could only use wifi for entertainment but I survived! The only thing I would of liked is a more comfortable seat. The seat cushions are not thick enough for flights longer than 3 hours. Aside from that, everything was great.

They should provide water to passengers who ask for it

The worst experience I've ever had because the "people" @ Avianca wouldn't let me fly because they said I needed a round trip ticket

Horrible experience with Avianca, they delayed their flight and when we arrived to NYC, AVIANCA took 1 hr y 30 mins to park the airplane and all passenger get off the plane, it made me lost all my trains to get back home and I came back to my place at 3 am instead of 12 am. On the top of that their plane seat are so uncomfortable and is not enough space and killed my legs and knees, Avianca used to be good when it was a Colombian company, now after Brasilian company bought them, their service quality is bad and their flights are delayed and oversold.

I upgraded to businesses class. Because of that the flight was comfortable.

We found the chairs to be really uncomfortable. It’s also really unacceptable that no form of food or drink is included in a 6+ hour flight

Not good, tried to purchase a first class upgrade and they couldn’t get it done. Was super uncomfortable the whole time.

Everything you need to know for your flight to El Salvador

Cabin class types available on flights to El Salvador

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