$195 Find Cheap Flights from Madison to Costa Rica

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Cheap Flights from Madison to Costa Rica

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San José
San José1 stop$398
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$631
San José
San José1 stop$398
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$631

Book Cheap Madison to Costa Rica Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Madison 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 Madison to Costa Rica

Tue, Jan 13 - Thu, Jan 22
American Airlines Logo
7:20 am - 10:30 pm
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SJO
15h 10m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:09 am - 6:44 pm
SJO
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MSN
11h 35m1 stop
$398American Airlines
Tue, Jan 13 - Thu, Jan 22
American Airlines Logo
4:30 pm - 12:43 pm
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SJO
20h 13m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 10:59 pm
SJO
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MSN
14h 59m2 stops
$403American Airlines
Sat, Jan 31 - Tue, Feb 10
American Airlines Logo
3:00 pm - 10:30 pm
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SJO
7h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:09 am - 10:05 pm
SJO
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MSN
14h 56m1 stop
$418American Airlines
Sat, Jan 31 - Tue, Feb 10
American Airlines Logo
3:00 pm - 10:30 pm
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SJO
7h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:47 pm
SJO
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MSN
15h 47m2 stops
$423American Airlines
Sat, Jan 31 - Sat, Feb 7
American Airlines Logo
3:00 pm - 10:30 pm
MSN
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SJO
7h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:09 am - 6:55 pm
SJO
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MSN
11h 46m1 stop
$438American Airlines
Wed, Jan 7 - Tue, Jan 13
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:16 pm - 11:37 am
MSN
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SJO
17h 21m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 9:08 am
SJO
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MSN
19h 38m2 stops
$481Multiple Airlines
Sat, Jan 31 - Tue, Feb 10
Delta Logo
5:38 am - 2:29 pm
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SJO
8h 51m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 10:30 pm
SJO
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MSN
15h 30m1 stop
$507Delta
Fri, Jan 9 - Tue, Jan 13
United Airlines Logo
5:25 pm - 1:10 pm
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LIR
19h 45m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 7:07 pm
LIR
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MSN
10h 32m2 stops
$669United Airlines
Sun, Feb 8 - Wed, Feb 11
United Airlines Logo
8:15 am - 1:10 pm
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LIR
28h 55m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 9:05 pm
LIR
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MSN
12h 30m2 stops
$671United Airlines
Mon, Jan 5 - Sun, Jan 11
Delta Logo
5:38 am - 1:50 pm
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LIR
8h 12m1 stop
Delta Logo
2:45 pm - 10:50 pm
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MSN
8h 05m1 stop
$773Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Madison to Costa Rica flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Madison to Costa Rica?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Madison 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 Madison to Costa Rica is September, when tickets cost $505 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,090 and $823 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Madison to Costa Rica?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Madison to Costa Rica clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Madison to Costa Rica, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Costa Rica, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Madison 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 from Madison 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 Madison to Costa Rica, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 25% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonApril
Cheapest flight$195
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 22% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 time of day to fly to Costa Rica?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $623 on average. Morning departures are around 7% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $713.

Reviews of the top airlines flying from Madison to Costa Rica

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Madison 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
DeltaOverall score based on 8014 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

Flight delays both to Detroits and return flight . The flight to Detroit was associated with mechanical difficulty

2.0 MediocreGina, Dec 2025
DTW - ELM
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Flight delays both to Detroits and return flight . The flight to Detroit was associated with mechanical difficulty

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

Wasn't a Delta issue I don't think, but seems there was a Delta flight at each of the 2 Dallas airports at the same exact time, both to Atlanta. I was evidently booked on the one at Love Airport, but the Carey transport shuttle took me to DFW instead and I ended up missing the flight by just a few minutes. Was able to book a Southwest flight from Love Airport, but was a big loss of time and an inconvenience.

Great. I had to modify a flight. That was easy and free. Thank You

I noticed that the planes seem to be outdated. There was no entertainment per se. Also, the waiting area did not have any working electrical outlets

None of the airplane features were available during the flight.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

Left on time, a bit delayed due to headwinds most of the trip.

The boarding by groups is pointless. The first two groups worked fine, but almost Noone boarded in goups three thru five leaving the vast majority boarding when group six was called. It defeated the purpose of spreading out the crowd.

I don’t know who decides what food to serve on these flights but I would be so embarrassed if I served this to anyone and call it food…

For whatever reason, the flight was not catered -we were told it would be a 45 minute delay waiting for catering - so no food. There were opened candy and peanuts in the seatback pocket. Flight landed early in DFW but due to the assigned gate not being available, we sat on the ground for 30 minutes waiting for the gate to open - making the flight actually arrive at the gate late.

Not great. Booked Extra seats and got nothing extra at all. It’s basically a big budget airline.

The pilot greased the landing and the crew was fantastic.

I bought wifi and most of the flight could not even use it my apps would just spin. I couldn't even listen to music. super frustrating.

delayed due to weather. Could not communicate with family since the wifi was broken

Experience was good, however I had a delay due to weather happening and had to re purchase a seat on a new plane for a higher price (could be my own issue and misunderstanding) but other than that situation. First time flyer (by myself) was terrific!! The last from ORD to ALO didn't have wifi, but it was only 45 minutes so I'm sure that was part of the reason. Overall my experience was great! Next time I will remember to buy tickets with longer layovers. The delays really saved my overall anxiety. :)

Flight was delayed 17 hours due to aircraft issues. American did provide hotel, transportation and meals, 3 hours past boarding time, but it took us another hour to get the vouchers.

Flight was on time is the only good thing. Person loading the plane called 1-6 to board at the same time, made it chaotic. Plane was too small for even putting backpacks in overhead. Seat for normal sized people were too small. The WIFI didn't work. When we landed had to wait because not enough ground crew.

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