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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 New Jersey to Costa Rica.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey to Costa Rica up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

There are 10 airports in Costa Rica. The busiest airport is Juan Santamaria Airport (SJO), with 72% 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 $297.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Costa Rica is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $521. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $686 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $616 on average. Morning departures are around 2% 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 $627.

The cheapest ticket to Costa Rica from New Jersey found in the last 5 days was to Liberia, at $304 round-trip. The most popular route is Newark Airport (EWR) to San José (SJO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $477.

To get a below average price on the flight from New Jersey to Costa Rica, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

An average nonstop flight from New Jersey to Costa Rica takes 7h 38m, covering a distance of 2176 miles. The shortest route is Newark Airport (EWR) to Liberia (LIR) with an average flight time of 5h 09m.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is San José (100% of total searches to Costa Rica).