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Cheap Flights from El Salvador to Costa Rica

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from El Salvador to Costa Rica that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from El Salvador to Costa Rica

Sat, Aug 22 - Mon, Aug 24
Avianca Logo
10:25 pm - 11:40 pmSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
1h 15mnonstop
Avianca Logo
9:40 am - 10:55 amSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
1h 15mnonstop
$293Avianca
Sat, Aug 22 - Wed, Aug 26
Avianca Logo
10:25 pm - 11:40 pmSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
1h 15mnonstop
Avianca Logo
9:40 am - 10:55 amSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
1h 15mnonstop
$293Avianca
Wed, Sep 9 - Wed, Sep 16
Avianca Logo
7:30 am - 8:45 amSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
1h 15mnonstop
Avianca Logo
3:10 pm - 4:30 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
1h 20mnonstop
$293Avianca
Wed, Aug 26 - Mon, Sep 14
Avianca Logo
10:10 am - 11:30 amSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
1h 20mnonstop
Avianca Logo
5:05 am - 6:25 amSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
1h 20mnonstop
$293Avianca
Fri, Sep 25 - Mon, Sep 28
Copa Airlines Logo
1:59 pm - 9:04 amSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
19h 05m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
Copa Airlines Logo
12:05 pm - 8:31 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
8h 26m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
$315Copa Airlines
Fri, Sep 18 - Sun, Oct 4
Copa Airlines Logo
1:59 pm - 9:04 amSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
19h 05m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
Copa Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 8:32 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
11h 47m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
$315Copa Airlines
Wed, Oct 7 - Tue, Oct 13
Copa Airlines Logo
1:59 pm - 8:19 amSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
18h 20m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
Copa Airlines Logo
10:03 am - 8:32 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
10h 29m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
$315Copa Airlines
Fri, Aug 21 - Thu, Aug 27
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 1:52 pmSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
5h 22m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:40 am - 10:55 amSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
1h 15mnonstop
$356Multiple Airlines
Fri, Sep 18 - Sat, Oct 3
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 1:52 pmSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
5h 22m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:40 am - 10:55 amSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
1h 15mnonstop
$359Multiple Airlines
Fri, Aug 21 - Thu, Aug 27
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 1:52 pmSAL  San Salvador El Salvador Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
5h 22m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:40 am - 10:55 amSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SAL San Salvador El Salvador Intl
1h 15mnonstop
$359Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Costa Rica

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

What is the cheapest flight to Costa Rica?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

The cheapest ticket to Costa Rica from El Salvador found in the last 5 days was to San José, at $293 round-trip. The most popular route is San Salvador (SAL) to San José (SJO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $293.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from El Salvador to Costa Rica, 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 El Salvador to Costa Rica is September, when tickets cost $113 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $192 and $185 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica?

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $281 on average. Morning departures are around 11% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $562.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Costa Rica, 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 El Salvador to Costa Rica, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Costa Rica?

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 $249.

Good to know

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$167
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 28% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from San Salvador to San José

FAQs for booking flights from El Salvador to Costa Rica

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from El Salvador to Costa Rica 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 El Salvador to Costa Rica?

    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 El Salvador to Costa Rica 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 El Salvador to Costa Rica?

    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 El Salvador to Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Costa Rica is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $261. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $316 on average.

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

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from El Salvador to Costa Rica? 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
8.3Crew
5.2Entertainment
7.9Boarding
Airline reviews

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

8.0 ExcellentJanice, Feb 2026
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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

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.

For whatever reason, when I was in the San Jose airport, the flight from Volaris read as canceled on the Departures screens you'd find all over the terminal, it wasn't until I got to the gate that it showed it as on time and still on. It was confusing, but ultimately I did get to where I needed to go with the flight I was expecting.

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

Had to go through security at the gate again. Had to take off shoes and go through the whole thing again even though we have global entry. They asked us to check in items bought at duty free during our layover and since we checked our luggage at the original departure airport, they forced us to check in a small backpack. None of this ever happened with other airlines. In addition, no vegetarian food option and no snacks during a 7 hr flight. Luggage limits are unusually small. This is unacceptable. Will NEVER fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

Enforce the boarding process by group numbers. Tell people to stay seated during the meal/drink distribution. It took forever to get food and drinks because people would not stay out the isle and let the crew do their jobs. Everyone wanted to go to the bathroom forcing the crew to enter and leave the isle constantly so people can pass. Tell people to keep their electronics off speaker mode. No one wants to hear phone conversations and music playing.

We were in transit from Lima (flight at 1.10am) and we were in stand by in our flight from Panama to Washington. We wait from 4.30 am to 18.30pm in the Airport. The company give us 2 x 15 dollars for eat during the day and a personnal travel voucher of 400 dollars each. Do they buy food one time something in the Airport ??? And one of us live in France so the voucher is not usable. More than 24 hours travel !! And our place were near the toilets, with 8 children around us. The boy behind my seat stamped his feet on my back all the flight. Really Wonder full ! So we are totally unhappy with our travel. Thanks Copa Airlines....

It would have been better if they don't separate families in seating. We were seated in the aile row in the middle of a family of four. It would have been better if they they seat the family of four together than separated.

No headphones given for inflight entertainment. I missed my flight from the previous day and the customer service agent tried to extort an additional $100.00 US from me for missing my flight. Really?!

Check in person said there would be lunch. We were first class passengers and lunch was chips.

Flight attendant -José? - was over the top friendly and professional. Beautiful new plane with lie flat seats in Business (worth it!)

Have veg meal going forward . Other than e everything was excellent !!!

Boarding groups were called up in Spanish only. Luckily I know some of the language. They gave out grilled cheese sandwiches and a cup of fruit. I was very disappointed. I could only eat the cup of fruit because the only other option was vanilla pudding. The entertainment system and seating were great though.

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

They should provide water to passengers who ask for it

I had bad experiences before now was excellent I am glad they have business class again

I handed in my suitcase in perfect condition at SAL Airport. And in MIA Airport I received it with one corner broken and the wheels bent.

It was horrible. My experience with Avianca. I didn’t know it was Pakistan international Airlines but anyway, whatever it is it is bad horrible you guys need to upgrade everything in those planes. And you guys charge $130 for a carry-on did they wanna let me in with my carry-on that I travel everywhere with the luggage you guys are such a dog thank you

I was shocked flying to El Salvador that they only give you water. Everything else you have to pay for. There is no wifi or entertainment and it’s an international flight. At least back in the day they had tvs on the plane and everyone watched the same movie. Also seats do not recline, even comfort or plus.

The good thing is the flight was on time and the crew was really nice. They can work better the arriving with staff

The inflight entertainment did not work on a 6 hour flight The cel phone chargers did not work There was a 45 minute wait for the luggage to get off the plane.

They could offer free food and drink like other international flights.

Delay almost an hour which meant when we got to Guatemala there where 3 flights at the same time, you can imagine the caos in customs, avianca doesn’t care about passengers or schedules

Voo longo nem mesmo água ou gelo é servido, se quiser tem que pagar. Embarque é péssimo, mau atendimento.

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Cabin classes available on flights to Costa Rica. Prices are the lowest found on KAYAK over the last 7 days. Price and availability is not guaranteed.