Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → SJO
New York to San José
Best fare, round trip
$249
−48%
below its usual $480
you keep $231
RareFound
- Depart
- Mon 26 Oct
- Return
- Mon 9 Nov
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 7h
- Airline
Copa Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $302 and $492. The drop beats 94% of measured fares on the board, over 6 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 October around $249 and peak in December near $862, 246% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 7 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Copa Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $249 for 3,564 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Of the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from San José, this is the cheapest right now — 14% under the next one, Chicago. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of New York. 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 7% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $467 then versus $499 now, across 19 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 $203, on 27 Aug.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 18 of 109 days priced, from 80 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1234567Sunday 8 November: $432. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $491. Compare fares from this day.10Wednesday 11 November: $491. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718Thursday 19 November: $393. Compare fares from this day.20212223Tuesday 24 November: $302. Compare fares from this day.25Thursday 26 November: $510. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
1234567891011121314151617181920Monday 21 December: $993. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $893. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $959. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.2526Sunday 27 December: $927. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $874. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
123Monday 4 January: $563. Compare fares from this day.5Wednesday 6 January: $506. Compare fares from this day.78910111213141516171819202122232425262728Friday 29 January: $464. Compare fares from this day.3031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $249
48% below the $480 typical fare
$249Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$302Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$862Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$464Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$481Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$492Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to San José, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Juan Santamaría (SJO)
- Flight time
- ≈7 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,564 km each way
- Typical price
- $480 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Copa Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
NYC → SJO, answered.
Is $249 a good price for New York to San José?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $480 round-trip. At $249 you're 48% below that, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to San José?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Oct 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 NYC → 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 6 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to San José?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Copa Airlines. 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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