There are 8 ways to get from Chicago to Limón by plane, bus, shuttle, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ORD - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Guápiles
10h 33m$264–757Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane MDW - LIO
11h 36m$204–870Drive 5,429 km
- Drive from Chicago to Limóncar 5,429 km
2d 19h$870–1,257Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MDW - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Guápiles
12h 5m$344–1,117Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane ORD - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Guápiles
12h 17m$592–1,500Train to South Bend, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Take the train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airporttrain
- Fly from South Bend (SBN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SBN - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Guápiles
14h 9m$307–878Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MKE - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Guápiles
13h 29m$391–1,198Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to David (DAV)plane ORD - DAV
- Take the bus from David to Terminal de Transporte Changuinola Urracabus
17h 3m$208–872
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Limón is to fly which costs $200 - $900 and takes 11h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Limón is to fly and bus and shuttle which takes 10h 33m and costs $260 - $800.
The distance between Chicago and Limón is 3773 km. The road distance is 5429 km.
It takes approximately 10h 33m to get from Chicago to Limón, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Chicago to Limón is 5429 km. It takes approximately 2 days 19h to drive from Chicago to Limón.
There are 39+ hotels available in Limón.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Limón, Costa Rica?
Delta, SANSA, and three other airlines fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Limón International Airport (LIO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from South Bend to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from South Bend to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Limón International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Limón International Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Limón International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Limón International Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from South Bend to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–800
Flights from South Bend to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–800
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David via Orlando, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David via Miami, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–800
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- $14–17
Train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–16
- Schedules at
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $252
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $252
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $325
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $252
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $252
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- (+506) 4100 0888
- [email protected]
- Website
- Interbus Shuttles
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150
- Schedules at
- Interbus Shuttles
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150
- Schedules at
- Interbus Shuttles
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150
- Schedules at
- Interbus Shuttles
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150
- Schedules at
- Interbus Shuttles
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
- Phone
- +507 786 6787
- [email protected]
- Website
- SERVIDCHANDA
Bus from David to Terminal de Transporte Changuinola Urraca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10
- Schedules at
- SERVIDCHANDA
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