RareNonstop · 1h
DXB to DOHQatar
Doha
$180
usually $315
−43%
Most monthly lows $243–$345. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · DXB → SJO
Dubai to San José
Best fare, round trip
$1,155
−14%
below its usual $1,340
you keep $185
Found
- Depart
- Thu 5 Nov
- Return
- Fri 13 Nov
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 22h
- Airline
British Airways
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,233 and $1,340. The drop beats 36% 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 bottom out in November around $1,155 and peak in January near $1,358, 18% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 22 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip — ticketed under British Airways, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,155 for 14,130 km each way, that works out to about $41 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 12 departure cities we track at a similar distance from San José, this fare ranks 3rd — 34% above the $865 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 24 routes of similar length we watch out of Dubai, where the middle fare is $1,202. The best time to be in San José: Dec–Apr.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 15% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,583 then versus $1,346 now, across 18 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 $1,155, on 5 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 109 days priced, from 69 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
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November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $1.5k. Compare fares from this day.234Thursday 5 November: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.678910111213Saturday 14 November: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.151617Wednesday 18 November: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.1920212223Tuesday 24 November: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.252627282930
December 2026
1234567891011121314151617181920212223Thursday 24 December: $1.9k. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $1.5k. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $1.4k. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
123456789101112131415161718192021Friday 22 January: $1.4k. Compare fares from this day.232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $1,155
14% below the $1,340 typical fare
$1155Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$1340Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$1358Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$1233Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Dubai to San José, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- DXB · Al Maktoum (DWC) ↔ Juan Santamaría (SJO)
- Flight time
- ≈22 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈14,130 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,340 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- British Airways
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
DXB → SJO, answered.
Is $1,155 a good price for Dubai to San José?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,340 round-trip and this fare is 14% 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 Dubai to San José?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 DXB → 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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Dubai to San José?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under British Airways. 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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