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Cheapest return fare
933 €
Typical prices: 1.551 €-1.030 €
United Airlines
Wed 8.7.Mon 3.8.
ZRH - SJO • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
1.066 €
Typical prices: 1.555 €-1.212 €
SWISS
Fri 26.6.Fri 10.7.
ZRH - SJO • Direct
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Wed, Fri, Sun
You can fly direct with Edelweiss Air. Average duration is 11h 55m
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Cheapest • Avg 965 € (return)
Shortest trip • 14h 23m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Zurich to San José (ZRH-SJO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Zurich to San José that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Zurich to San José

Wed, 8. Jul - Mon, 3. Aug
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10:10 - 20:19
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SJO
18h 09m
1 stop
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7:15 - 11:45
SJO
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ZRH
20h 30m
2 stops
933 €United Airlines
Wed, 8. Jul - Wed, 5. Aug
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10:10 - 20:19
ZRH
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SJO
18h 09m
1 stop
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7:15 - 20:05
SJO
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ZRH
28h 50m
2 stops
936 €United Airlines
Mon, 7. Dec - Fri, 25. Dec
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7:15 - 19:53
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SJO
19h 38m
2 stops
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9:05 - 8:40
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ZRH
16h 35m
1 stop
937 €United Airlines
Sat, 18. Jul - Sat, 29. Aug
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10:10 - 10:11
ZRH
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SJO
32h 01m
2 stops
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8:45 - 16:35
SJO
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ZRH
47h 50m
2 stops
938 €United Airlines
Fri, 26. Jun - Fri, 10. Jul
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7:25 - 11:38
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SJO
36h 13m
2 stops
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8:45 - 10:20
SJO
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ZRH
41h 35m
1 stop
940 €United Airlines
Wed, 29. Jul - Fri, 28. Aug
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10:10 - 10:11
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SJO
32h 01m
2 stops
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7:15 - 11:45
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ZRH
20h 30m
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941 €United Airlines
Sat, 31. Oct - Sun, 15. Nov
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15:30 - 23:15
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SJO
38h 45m
2 stops
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8:35 - 10:25
SJO
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ZRH
18h 50m
1 stop
941 €Air Canada
Wed, 8. Jul - Sat, 8. Aug
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10:10 - 20:19
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SJO
18h 09m
1 stop
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11:13 - 17:25
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ZRH
22h 12m
2 stops
942 €United Airlines
Fri, 26. Jun - Sun, 12. Jul
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13:10 - 12:21
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SJO
31h 11m
2 stops
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7:55 - 13:55
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ZRH
22h 00m
2 stops
943 €United Airlines
Wed, 1. Jul - Tue, 21. Jul
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13:35 - 7:15
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SJO
25h 40m
1 stop
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7:15 - 12:15
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ZRH
21h 00m
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944 €United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Zurich to San José flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Zurich to San José to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a return flight from Zurich to San José?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Zurich to San José departing in December.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Zurich to San José?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Zurich to San José clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to San José on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Zurich to San José. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Friday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Zurich to San José?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Zurich to San José, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Zurich to San José is October, where tickets cost 925 € (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is 1.304 € and 1.174 € respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Zurich to San José?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of 954 €, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Zurich to San José?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Zurich to San José, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Zurich to San José, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 12% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

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Good to know - Cheap tickets from Zurich to San José

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight596 €
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Zurich to San José

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Zurich to San José based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Zurich to San José

  • What is the cheapest flight from Zurich to San José?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Zurich to San José was 596 € for a one-way ticket and 933 € for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Zurich to San José?

    When flying out of Zurich you will be using Zurich. You will be landing at San José, also known as San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Zurich to San José?

    Only Lufthansa offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Zurich to San José flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Zurich to San José?

    The Airbus A350-900 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Zurich to San José flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Zurich to San José?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Zurich and San José, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Zurich to San José?

    You can catch a direct flight from Zurich to San José on on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Zurich to San José, SWISS or Air France?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Zurich to San José are SWISS and Air France. With an average price for the route of 1.129 € and an overall rating of 7,5, SWISS is the most popular choice. Air France is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of 1.083 € and an overall rating of 7,5.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Zurich to San José?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Zurich to San José.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Zurich to San José?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San José from Zurich is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Zurich to San José?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to San José with an airline and back to Zurich with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Zurich to San José?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to San José from Zurich up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Zurich to San José Juan Santamaria Intl?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Zurich to San José Juan Santamaria Intl.
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Direct departures

Zurich to San José Juan Santamaria Intl

Wednesday

Edelweiss Air

Edelweiss Air

Friday

Edelweiss Air

Edelweiss Air

Sunday

Edelweiss Air

Edelweiss Air

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Direct returns

San José Juan Santamaria Intl to Zurich

Wednesday

Edelweiss Air

Edelweiss Air

Friday

Edelweiss Air

Edelweiss Air

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Zurich to San José

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Zurich to San José. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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Air FranceOverall score based on 1603 reviews
7,0Food
7,4Comfort
7,0Entertainment
8,2Crew
7,5Boarding
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I love Air France. This was another great experience despite a slight delay in the departure. The time was made up on flight. I would take AirFrance again when traveling to the far East. Merci beaucoup.

10,0 ExcellentAlvaro, Jun 2026
MAD - CDG
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I love Air France. This was another great experience despite a slight delay in the departure. The time was made up on flight. I would take AirFrance again when traveling to the far East. Merci beaucoup.

Everything is good except the seats are tightened no rooms for the legs,

The flight crew was exceptionally friendly and helpful. Also the seats were comfortable and roomier than many other airlines.

The plane's pilots, including the captain himself, thanked me for the flight. I know it's just marketing, but it was really nice to see these people. It's a great idea. Airplane food is never "good," but the entire crew and flight organization were top-notch. I really liked Delta, and I think I've traveled all over the world, and that was something new for me. Maybe even the old planes, the B767, but next time I have a choice, Delta will be my first choice. Thank you, a satisfied passenger :)

Middle seats SUCK!!!! I paid more money than I should have because of your terrible site Kayak.com. I'll try to use your competitors going forward. I am so disappointed you would play off business class.com as business class seats

The boarding was efficient. The entertainment system was a bit unstable but Air France has a good selection of movies.

Communication on the delay, rebooking and how to get a hotel was poor. Mails, airport check-in and transfer desk said different things.

Food was really mediocre for premium economy in comparison to other airlines… the crew was nowhere to be found… 14 hour flight…

Our flight crew were terrific. And they handle a difficult passenger with finesse.

Excellent, Lima to Paris. But Paris to Amsterdam, delayed, missed my flight and KLM treated its missed flights passengers very badly, terribly bad. No hotel accommodation given. Passengers were told to find their own hotel accommodation and claim at reasonable rate and left the booth and literally with armed Police Officers listening to passengers complains. For three hours, after moving by Uber from hotel to hotel and calling and booking online, no hotel was available. I had to return to the airport and seat/sleep on the benches, suffering the cold, and rats running around until my new allocated flight the next day. It was the most terrible KLM treatment even seen and being a Business Class passenger. Still mentally suffering to date as a result.

On time arrivals and departure, good in flight entertainment, courteous flight attendants, decent meals, reasonable seat space

Close was excellent. Comfort was very good. The food was marginal.

Didn't make the connection as my primary flight was 3 hrs late, I had to basically beg to be put on a different airline to continue my trip otherwise I would have been sitting on the airport for 8 hrs

Best service we’ve ever experienced! Special thanks to the crew member who took care of us throughout the journey. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We love Swiss Air!

The boarding of this flight was total chaos. For some reason, all passengers had to stand in a lengthy line at the gate to have our passports checked for the FOURTH time. No reason was offered for the necessity of the fourth re-check, and when we got to the end of the line, the check was perfunctory. There was little to no crowd control at the gate and in some cases, tempers were flaring. On the other hand, once we got on board, everything about this flight from start to finish, especially the quality of the food and the service, was probably the best I have ever experienced..

Boarding was very chaotic, we had to stand in two different lines that were not clearly marked, and the announcements were not understandable from the microphones, and we speak both German and English. We paid Kayak $120+ for seat assignments when we purchased our tickets but when we printed our boarding passes, suddenly we had been changed to 16 rows further back than our assigned seats we paid for. The seats we were assigned to on our boarding passes had no usable overhead bins and so we had to sit with our carry on backpacks underneath our feet in an already crowded space. One video/entertainment screen kept crashing and thus was useless for viewing anything. It was not an enjoyable flight.

The biggest plus point of this flight is that the crew was very friendly. Otherwise on European sectors, the Business class seats are a joke and there is no entertainment of any kind. The staff should be trained to greet the Star Alliance Gold members to make them feel special.

The seat and leg room is small on the 2 seated row. Otherwise, very good crew and service.

Entertainment sounds were not good. Otherwise everything else was good.

Business class seating in Swiss really is just Economy seating minus the middle passenger

Over 2.5 hour maintenance delay on first morning flight with no acknowledgement, compensation or even gesture of good will. Aircraft had overnighted at airport so issue should have been addressed prior to boarding. Over 3.5 hours before first slow and deliberate beverage service.

I liked that my son and I were reseated next to each other (we had different bookings). I liked that it was a directg flight and mostly on time. I liked that you provided pillows and blankets. Flight attendants were generally courteous. The messaging through wifi did not work well. The food was not good. Seats are very narrow and I felt slightly claustraphobic in the window seat.

Flight crew was super friendly and helpful. Food was frequent and honestly pretty good. Plenty of on-board entertainment. Economy seats are super cramped for such a long flight, but the crew allowed people to get up and stretch, and kids could wander with their parents, so we all made it work. Overall a very good experience.

Staff were not attentive, wifi did not work, cut my head in the bathroom due to the position of the soap on the sink, had blood running down my face, told staff, they had no expression no sympathy, didn't even say "sorry", they said "oh we will have a look at that" about 10 mins later the purser brought me a bandaid, still no sorry.... Shocking

Every staff member was professional, friendly and courteous. The pizza twist was ok. It was warm but too much dough.

I had a good time. However, I paid for the wifi and it was in and out the whole flight.

They promise free wi-fi prior to boarding and then once on board you are informed you have to purchase wifi even after being a mileagePlus member.

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

I couldn’t make my first flight due to weather delays trapping us in the town we were in. Then I had to buy a new ticket

No plug in for phones. I met a few fun passengers and beverage service was very friendly.

Flight was delayed twice which made our arrival extremely late (actually into next day). Not an easy travel. But when we requested assistance for boarding we were really impressed with how they helped us! Strongly praise their assistance.

Boarding was extremely challenging, long lines and wait time, almost missed my flight.

By modern air travel standards, our 15-hour flight to Delhi was very nice. Quiet-ish, straightforward, good service, okay seats, etc. All good.

Flight was diverted to bologna due to fog sfter circuling hours in air

I also had excellent assistance from the special needs people in collecting me from the airplane , taking me to lounge and the coming back and taking me to the airplane.

Very nice staff members are very nice and friendly helpful

Check in agent was very helpful and polite. He helped me board the earlier flight back home instead of waiting 2 hours at the airport for the next flight

Terrible. I had to delay my return a week due to the strike. I will never fly Air Canada again. I support the workers, the company is terrible.

Plane was packed but flew on-time, and the comfort level was great! All planes are a bit cramped, but the in flight entertainment was superb, snacks were nice, and the crew was polite. Got into Calgary on schedule...all we could ask for

I had a very disappointing experience with customer service. I was suffering from a severe viral infection that included a rash and persistent cough, leaving me unable to even sit upright. Given the circumstances, I requested travel credits from Canada Air, explaining the potential health risk to others onboard. However, the airline showed no concern for my condition and stated they were not in a position to make decisions based on health considerations. Despite my illness, I received no support or flexibility. Ultimately, I chose to forgo my flight due to their lack of responsiveness. It’s unfortunate that airlines like this operate without prioritizing passenger health and safety.

Not bad but they lost 2 of my bags when I got to Florence

Boarding was a mad rush as people still had issues with boarding passes and groups 3- 7 were asked to board when travelers were still stuck behind the document check. Food was one of the worst I’ve ever had in an Economy flight. The crew was very friendly though

In general, I've had excellent experiences with Iberia flights and will continue to use them. In this last flight there were two things that didn't go right. I didn't get the kosher meal I had pre-requested when I had checked in on-line. Things worked out OK as we ended up eating the fish and vegetarian choices, which were really good. The other issue was that some movies for me and my wife started fine but after 8-12 minutes the content just switched to something else. The flight attendant reset our entertainment systems, but the problem persisted. We ended up choosing other movies/TV shows that did work fine.

It wasn’t great because the third-party from Kayak there was just no information about how to check in with Vueling. And the purchase of the ticket from under pricer just made everything really difficult. I’m unlikely to use Kayak again for these reasons.

the seats were so cramped you could barely move. it was difficult to eat when passengers would recline their seats. the seats were so flimsy and unstable that whenever someone got in and out of their seat, it bounced like a spring back in your face. the movies were nice. the food was terrible. even though the conditions were terrible, they tried to pressure passengers to relocate their seats to accommodate adults who were related and wanted to sit next to each other, even after the passengers expressed that they did not want to move for that purpose. on the connecting flight, the “service” consisted of items for purchase. even though the flight was only 45 minutes, once again passengers (including me) were pressured to relocate for people to sit next to each other. they couldn’t be apart for 45 minutes? this was much less compelling than being apart for an 8 hour flight.

It was budget airline Veuling, even though we booked Iberia.

A more organized boarding experience and better food would have made the experience better.

I've taken British Airways before and it has been great. On this trip to Spain and Portugal we had two BA flights. On both flights we were taken by bus from the terminal out to the plane on the tarmac. There were many older folks on these flights, and to ask people in their 70s to lug their carry-on and personal items up the long mobile staircase to the plane entrance, is very disturbing. I won't be taking British Airways in the future. Many people on these flights were very unhappy.

Excellent. Thanks to United Star Alliance, since economy was overbooked, I’m grateful to have been upgraded to Business Class.

Good plane, excellent food, crew and entertainment. Seats in business could use an upgrade

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