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Cheap Flight Deals from San José to Guadalajara (SJO-GDL)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San José to Guadalajara 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.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San José to Guadalajara

KAYAK's recommended round-trip deals from the most popular airlines that fly from San José to Guadalajara.
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Volaris Costa Rica Logo
4:13 pm - 7:34 pmSJO-GDL
3h 21mnonstop
Volaris Costa Rica Logo
8:27 pm - 11:52 pmGDL-SJO
3h 25mnonstop
$299Volaris Costa Rica
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Mon, Oct 6 - Mon, Oct 13
Aeromexico Logo
1:25 pm - 9:33 pmSJO-GDL
8h 08m1 stop
Aeromexico Logo
8:15 pm - 12:03 pmGDL-SJO
15h 48m1 stop
$301Aeromexico
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Thu, May 15 - Mon, May 19
Copa Airlines Logo
2:29 pm - 10:30 pmSJO-GDL
8h 01m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
12:10 am - 7:35 amGDL-SJO
7h 25m1 stop
$302Copa Airlines
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Sat, May 17 - Fri, May 23
Aeromexico Logo
1:25 pm - 11:21 amSJO-GDL
21h 56m1 stop
Aeromexico Logo
5:25 pm - 11:11 pmGDL-SJO
5h 46m1 stop
$303Aeromexico
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Mon, May 19 - Tue, May 27
Aeromexico Logo
8:13 am - 3:17 pmSJO-GDL
7h 04m1 stop
Aeromexico Logo
5:13 pm - 11:45 pmGDL-SJO
6h 32m1 stop
$304Aeromexico
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Tue, Jun 3 - Sat, Jun 7
Copa Airlines Logo
8:09 am - 10:30 pmSJO-GDL
14h 21m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
12:10 am - 1:20 pmGDL-SJO
13h 10m1 stop
$305Copa Airlines
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Tue, Jun 3 - Mon, Jun 9
Aeromexico Logo
1:07 pm - 9:34 pmSJO-GDL
8h 27m1 stop
Aeromexico Logo
5:34 pm - 11:36 pmGDL-SJO
6h 02m1 stop
$309Aeromexico
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Thu, Sep 25 - Mon, Sep 29
Volaris Costa Rica Logo
3:31 pm - 6:52 pmSJO-GDL
3h 21mnonstop
Volaris Costa Rica Logo
7:49 pm - 11:14 pmGDL-SJO
3h 25mnonstop
$316Volaris Costa Rica
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Tue, Jun 17 - Sat, Jun 21
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:50 am - 2:51 pmSJO-GDL
14h 01m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:55 pm - 11:13 pmGDL-SJO
31h 18m1 stop
$751Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Aug 18 - Thu, Aug 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:50 am - 4:56 amSJO-GDL
28h 06m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:30 pmGDL-SJO
15h 30m2 stops
$778Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 18
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Expert advice for your flight from San José to Guadalajara

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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Airports
SJO

SJO offers self-check-in kiosks for quick boarding pass retrieval. Arrive early as security lines can vary.

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GDL

For a quick and convenient ride from GDL, use the taxi counter by baggage claim for a fixed rate to the city center.

Read more about GDLby Brandon Schultz
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Mark Chesnut

Mark Chesnut

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Mark Chesnut

Mark Chesnut

Mark Chesnut is a travel writer and public speaker with more than 30 years of experience. The 2019 winner of the NLGJA Excellence in Travel Writing Award, Mark is the author of the book “Prepare for Departure” and has covered air travel for multiple top consumer and trade media outlets.

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Brandon Schultz

Brandon Schultz

Expert on GDL

Brandon Schultz

Brandon Schultz

Brandon Schultz is an award-winning food and travel writer based in New York City. His work has appeared in Forbes, AAA, Thrillist, Travel + Leisure, and The Daily Meal, among many others, and he is the author of 6 books, including 3 cookbooks.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for San José to Guadalajara flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San José to Guadalajara to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San José to Guadalajara?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San José to Guadalajara clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For San José to Guadalajara, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Guadalajara back to San José, the best deals are generally found on Tuesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San José to Guadalajara?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to Guadalajara, 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 San José to Guadalajara is February, where tickets cost $280 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $403 and $371 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San José to Guadalajara?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to Guadalajara, 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 San José to Guadalajara, you should book around 9 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$153
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 6% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from San José to Guadalajara

When to book flights from San José to Guadalajara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San José to Guadalajara based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from San José to Guadalajara

  • What is the cheapest flight from San José to Guadalajara?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San José to Guadalajara was $153 for a one-way ticket and $299 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San José and Guadalajara?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Guadalajara from San José.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San José to Guadalajara?

    San José and Guadalajara are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave San José from San José Juan Santamaria Intl and will be arriving at Guadalajara Miguel Hidal.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San José to Guadalajara?

    Delta, and American Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San José to Guadalajara flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San José to Guadalajara?

    The Airbus A320neo is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San José to Guadalajara flight route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San José to Guadalajara?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from San José to Guadalajara on on Tuesday, and Saturday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San José to Guadalajara, Volaris Costa Rica or Aeromexico?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San José to Guadalajara are Volaris Costa Rica and Aeromexico. With an average price for the route of $252 and an overall rating of 7.8, Volaris Costa Rica is the most popular choice. Aeromexico is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $380 and an overall rating of 7.5.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San José to Guadalajara?

    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 San José to Guadalajara.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San José to Guadalajara?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Guadalajara from San José 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 San José to Guadalajara?

    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 to Guadalajara with an airline and back to San José with another airline. Booking your flights between San José and GDL can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San José to Guadalajara?

    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 to Guadalajara from San José up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San José to Guadalajara

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $297 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from San José to Guadalajara?

Find which airlines fly direct from San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport to Guadalajara Miguel Hidal Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San José Juan Santamaria Intl to Guadalajara Miguel Hidal

Monday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Tuesday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Wednesday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Friday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Saturday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Sunday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

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Direct returns

Guadalajara Miguel Hidal to San José Juan Santamaria Intl

Monday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Tuesday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Wednesday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Friday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Saturday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

Sunday

Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris Costa Rica

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Top 4 airlines serving from San José to Guadalajara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to Guadalajara. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San José to Guadalajara? 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.
7.8
Volaris Costa RicaOverall score based on 79 reviews
5.8Food
8.2Crew
5.2Entertainment
7.8Boarding
7.5Comfort
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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

10.0 ExcellentHugo, Sep 2023JFK - SAL
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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.

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.

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.

I upgraded myself to Business Class at the last minute so I had a DREAMS window seat. Seeing as I've never flown Business before everything was novel and fun for me and it made the 7 hour flight much more enjoyable for sure.

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?!

It was reasonably comfortable trip considering its duration (7 hours). Crew was very good and friendly, seats very more comfortable than other planes. Only negative comment would be that the bathroom light did not get its full brightness 🙃

It was good, plane is a bit older so seats are somewhat flat

Copa stranded us ans then tried to charge us thousands to leave Panama.

Well the airline was fine. The only thing is I was charged for a checked in luggage. But when I reserved the ticket it showed a check in bag allowed. Who can I get in contact with for reimbursement.? The airline said I had to speak to whoever I booked ticket with.

Friendly flight team and seamless travel from one stop to next.

At JFK the Security line was extremely long and few checkpoints open.

Annoying that we had to go to departures and get boarding passes. Should allow us to be booked all the way through, this is the only airline i have this problem with in MEX. Late boarding and take off

Lousy No wheelchair. As normal at Atlanta Cheap airline Cheap aero plane. - Neither entertainment nor food on a 5 hour saga

The airplane was an old airplane, seats were very uncomfortable and very little space, they changed my seat and that was no option to get back into my seat even when I was traveling a senior who required assistance.

This is not a low cost airline. Stop acting like o e.

Aeromexico crew made me check my hand luggage in the door of the plane. As soon as I reach Mexico City, I notice that my luggage was opened and 8 games of Nintendo Switch were stolen (700 dllrs value aprox) (the console was there) but the games were stolen. I am very dissapointed of Aeromexico and all the crew. Instead of being a good trip, It was a sad trip

Ok. But we arrived to a remote terminal which meant that a bus had to take us to the terminal building

Old aircraft the audio of the entertainment dosent work Dirty seats

The plane was so outdated, that it made it uncomfortable. The temperature was hot during the whole flight

Happy attentive flight crew. All in all good flight the night flight works well. Getting into Mexico City early so you don't get caught up it all the immigration and custom ques, additionally, this helps when exiting the airport and crossing the city to your final destination. All works very well and would do it again

Some entertainment and food/snack service would have been nice

Confusion over extra fees. Held up on ramp during boarding. Thin seat cushion. Minimal leg room.

The check-in is either at a kiosk that didn’t allow me to check-in because my middle name was not on the reservation or at an agent that cost $15.

Better communication about delayed flight. I am thankful for a small credit for late flight.

Liked on time, rear entry and exit from plane Dislike the use of duct tape to repair seat rests

Terrible. And they charged over $400 just for luggage. And threatened that I would loose my flight if I didn’t pay. So I didn’t have another choice but to pay.

They check you everything before entering to waiting room, if you have any liquid they take it away even if you buy it inside the airport, no recommend volaris, for mi know Alaska airline is better

They don’t give anything for free you have to pay for everything which it’s expected but at least give out water and a snack as a courtesy for flying with them.

I got to where I needed to go quickly. There were no amenities. And the seats were painful.

The worst. Kayak sent notification at 2am and 10am regarding the delay. Then sends a notification an hour before original depart time that it will depart on time. I had to wait 8 hours at the airport. My family had to pay for lodging in Guadalajara where I was landing for pick up.

The flight was delayed an hour and a half, and they would not update the board on when the flight was supposed to take off. Once the plane arrived, they started the boarding process before the plane was even ready for the passengers so we had to wait another 45 minutes on the tarmac while we waited for the plane to be ready for us. In my opinion, there is no point in starting the boarding process when you are not ready to board the plane. This just causes a crowded gate with everyone from zone one and zone two standing up going nowhere.

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