ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
AMS to AGPSpain
Málaga
$81
usually $185
−56%
Most monthly lows $118–$237. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
Flights · AMS → SJO
Amsterdam to San José
Best fare, round trip
$819
−9%
below its usual $900
you keep $81
Found
- Depart
- Sat 27 Feb
- Return
- Wed 10 Mar
- Stay
- 11 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 15.5h
- Airline
Lufthansa
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $838 and $900. The drop beats 18% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Costa RicaSan JoséNobody comes for the capital — they come for two coasts, volcanoes and cloud forest, all within four hours.Best windowDec–AprAirportsJuan Santamaría (SJO)Every route into San JoséFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares on this route stay within about $105 across the 4 months we track — season matters less here than timing the drop. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 15.5 hours outbound, on a 11-night trip — ticketed under Lufthansa, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $819 for 9,066 km each way, that works out to about $45 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 18 departure cities we track at a similar distance from San José, this fare ranks 3rd — 26% above the $650 from Madrid. For context, the middle fare among the 37 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam is $705. The best time to be in San José: Dec–Apr.
The 6 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 73% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $845 then versus $1,464 now, across 23 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $729, on 20 Nov.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $819
9% below the $900 typical fare
$838Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$900Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$819Feb ’27, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$924Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Amsterdam to San José, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ Juan Santamaría (SJO)
- Flight time
- ≈15.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,066 km each way
- Typical price
- $900 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Lufthansa
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
AMS → SJO, answered.
Is $819 a good price for Amsterdam to San José?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $900 round-trip and this fare is 9% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Amsterdam to San José?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in San José are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AMS → San José?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 4 months of cached fares, Feb comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Amsterdam to San José?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Lufthansa. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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