There are 8 ways to get from Tibás to San Jose by plane, bus, car, train, subway, or shuttle
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane SJO - SJC
11h 19m$414–1,105Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane SJO - MRY
- Take a shuttle bus from Monterey Shuttle Station to SJC Airport Terminal B
15h 51m$229–765Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwichbus
4d 23h$415–504Drive 3,665.1 mi
- Drive from Tibás to San Josecar 3,665.1 mi
2d 23h$791–1,143Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SJO - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
10h 52m$436–823Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport, BART
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane SJO - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
12h 11m$259–964Bus to Liberia International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberiabus
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LIR - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
12h 52m$310–951Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Carlos - CCAbus
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcosbus
- Take the train from San Marcos Amtrak to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Josetrain
5d 6h$948–1,854
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tibás to San Jose is to bus which costs $410 - $550 and takes 4 days 23h.
The fastest way to get from Tibás to San Jose is to fly and Caltrain which takes 10h 52m and costs $430 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Tibás to San Jose. However, there are services departing from Terminal NicaBus and arriving at Santa Clara & Market via Managua, Olympic / Union, Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station and King & Tully. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 23h.
The distance between Tibás and San Jose is 3039 miles. The road distance is 3686.5 miles.
The best way to get from Tibás to San Jose without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 23h and costs $410 - $550.
It takes approximately 11h 19m to get from Tibás to San Jose, including transfers.
Tibás to San Jose bus services, operated by Nica Bus, depart from Terminal NicaBus station.
The best way to get from Tibás to San Jose is to fly which takes 11h 19m and costs $410 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $410 - $550 and takes 4 days 23h.
Tibás to San Jose bus services, operated by Nica Bus, arrive at Managua station.
San Jose is 1h behind Tibás. It is currently 1:44 PM in Tibás and 12:44 PM in San Jose.
What companies run services between Tibás, Costa Rica and San Jose, CA, USA?
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal NicaBus to Santa Clara & Market via Managua, Los Angeles, Olympic / Union, Vignes / Cesar E Chavez, Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station, San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich, and King & Tully in around 4d 23h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Salvador, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Liberia International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–900
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–900
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- BART
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Marcos Amtrak to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $460–1,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nica Bus
Bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- Nica Bus
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hoang Bus
Bus from Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Book at
- GoToBus - Hoang Express
- Website
- Hoang Bus
- Adult One-way
- $45–60
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from Monterey Shuttle Station to SJC Airport Terminal B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- Groome Transportation
- Standard Rate
- $45–60
Bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Carlos - CCA
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $65–95
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- [email protected]
- Website
- El Condor Internacional
Bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- El Condor Internacional
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- [email protected]
- Website
- Omnibus Express (OMEX VIP)
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–250
- Schedules at
- Omnibus Express (OMEX VIP)
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