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Flights from San José to Cancún - Travel Insights & Trends

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

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

The average price of all flights from San José, San José Province to Cancún clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from San José to Cancún, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San José, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San José, San José Province to Cancún?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San José, San José Province to Cancún, 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 San José, San José Province to Cancún is August, where tickets cost £139 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and December, where the average cost of tickets is £226 and £210 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San José, San José Province to Cancún?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San José, San José Province to Cancún, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San José, San José Province to Cancún, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 days before departure.

Which airlines fly direct between San José, San José Province and Cancún?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from San José, San José Province to Cancún.
There are 2 airlines that fly direct from San José, San José Province to Cancún. They are Volaris and Volaris Costa Rica. The cheapest airline for this route is Volaris, with the best one-way deal found costing £96. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Volaris Costa Rica.

How many flights are there between San José, San José Province and Cancún per day?

Each day, there are between 1 and 2 nonstop flights that take off from San José, San José Province and land in Cancún, with an average flight time of 2h 12m. The most common departure time is 12:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 8 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Saturday, when 25% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Wednesday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between San José, San José Province and Cancún?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

What’s the earliest departure time from San José to Cancun?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from San José, San José Province at 12:27 and will be landing in Cancún at 15:39.

What’s the latest departure time from San José to Cancun?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from San José, San José Province to Cancún jets off at 13:42 and lands at 16:54.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from San José to Cancun

Low season

November

High season

January
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (26% more expensive on average)

When to book flights from San José to Cancún

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San José to Cancún based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from San José to Cancun

  • How can I get to San Jose Airport from the city center?

    For public transportation, use the buses that run from Sabana to the airport with common stops in Hospital Mexico, Ina, Centro Nacional de Congresos y Convenciones, and Cementerio Los Jardine. TUASA, Transportes Jaco, and Trans Nica operate these buses. You can also use shuttles that take about 12min to complete the trip to the airport. Taxis and Towncars also offer transportation from different parts of San Jose to SJO.

  • Which airlines offer eco-friendly flights from San Jose to Cancun?

    Each passenger on a flight to Cancun from San Jose emits about 1485 kg of CO2. Volaris, Avianca, and Copa Airlines offer some of the most eco-friendly flights to Cancun from San Jose. These airlines operate one-stop and nonstop flights from San Jose to Cancun and emit about 73%, 69%, and 59% less CO2 than most of their competitors who fly the same route.

  • How do I get to the city center from Cancun International Airport?

    ADO buses offer affordable transit from Terminal 2 to Cancun Bus Station. The buses run every 30min from the airport to the station, with the trip taking about 35min. You can also get a taxi outside the Arrivals Area of Terminal 2 to the city center. Taxis, Towncars, and Private Shuttles offer faster transit with the trip from the airport to the city center taking about 18min.

  • Does San Jose International Airport offer accessible services?

    Yes, SJO is a fully accessible airport with provisions to cater to the needs of special needs travelers. The airport offers accessible parking lots in all parking facilities. Every airline flying through the airport offers wheelchair-assistance services to their passengers. To get a wheelchair, contact your airline or call Sky Cap from any of SJO’s Courtesy phones. The phones are spread throughout the terminals. The airport also offers accessible restrooms.

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

    Delta, Aeromexico, Alaska Airlines, and American Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San José to Cancun flight route.

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

    The Airbus A321neo is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San José to Cancun flight route.

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

    There are direct flights from San José to Cancun on a daily basis.

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

    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 San José to Cancun.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cancun from San José 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 San José to Cancun?

    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 Cancun with an airline and back to San José with another airline.

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

    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 Cancun from San José up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from San José to Cancun

  • Looking for a cheap flight from San José to Cancun? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £113 or less one-way and £215 or less round-trip.
  • Most airlines operating flights from San Jose to Cancun fly nonstop. However, flights with a single stop en route are also available. Volaris Costa offers one-stop flights on this route with a common layover in Guatemala City. Copa Airlines offer flights with a stop in Panama City.
  • San Jose International Airport (SJO) is a pet-friendly facility. The airport has four pet relief areas, one is indoors while the rest are outdoor facilities. The outdoor areas are near the Ticketing Areas of Terminal A and B and in the Hourly Parking Lot 2.
  • Cancun International Airport (CUN) consists of four terminals. Terminal 1 serves charter flights, Terminal 2 handles flights from South America and Terminal 3 serves Canadian, US, and European flights. The airport offers shuttles that facilitate inter-terminal transfer every 30min.
  • Travelers who need currency exchange services on arrival at SJO will be happy to know that the airport hosts several currency exchange agencies. The counters are available in the Arrivals Areas of Terminals 2 and 3.
  • SJO hosts several Mera Business Lounges. In Terminal 2, the lounge is Airside near Gate A. Other lounges are Airside of Terminals 3 and 4. You can access them by paying at the door or through lounge membership programs.
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Prefer to fly direct from San José to Cancún?

Find which airlines fly direct from Juan Santamaria Intl to Cancun, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San José Juan Santamaria Intl to Cancun

Monday

Volaris

Volaris

Tuesday

Volaris

Volaris

Wednesday

Volaris

Volaris

Thursday

Volaris

Volaris

Friday

Volaris

Volaris

Saturday

Volaris, Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris, Volaris Costa Rica

Sunday

Volaris

Volaris

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Direct returns

Cancun to San José Juan Santamaria Intl

Monday

Volaris

Volaris

Tuesday

Volaris

Volaris

Wednesday

Volaris

Volaris

Thursday

Volaris

Volaris

Friday

Volaris

Volaris

Saturday

Volaris, Volaris Costa Rica

Volaris, Volaris Costa Rica

Sunday

Volaris

Volaris

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Top 5 airlines serving from San José to Cancún

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to Cancún. 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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7.9
Volaris Costa RicaOverall score based on 86 reviews
6.1Food
8.3Crew
8.0Boarding
7.6Comfort
5.8Entertainment
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Quick boarding and check in.. but premium seats don’t recline.. very hard to relax. But overall, it was a Great a satisfying experience.. Thank You

10.0 ExcellentHugo, Sept 2023JFK - SAL
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Quick boarding and check in.. but premium seats don’t recline.. very hard to relax. But overall, it was a Great a satisfying experience.. Thank You

If they listen to you especially when there’s a problem with a passport now I lost my tickets and also my seat money

The worst airline I have ever experienced. Terrible customer service. Absolutely disgraceful

Checking bags at the airport, very confusing they make lines for different flights but they don’t have any signs, so if you are on the wrong line be aware they will send you to the end of the correct line. No priority for check in even if you pay and no priority to disabled persons and elderly persons.

Despite all the negative reviews, I took Volaris with a family of 4 (including a toddler and infant in arms). The only compliant was they charged me $70 to gate check our wagon (which we use as a stroller) and then it was not available for pickup at the gate (which is the entire point), so we had to get through customs and the airport with our luggage and no way to push our kids :(

Après avoir manqué l’avion aucune aide de la part des agents à l’aéroport pour trouver un autre vol

Más comida no cobrar tanto por los asientos y comida food

Worst airline ever!! Delays in all my flights!!! Do not flight with Volaris!

The departures screens in the airport showed the flight as canceled for some weird reason, but when I got to the gate just to double check, it showed it as on time, and not canceled. This was confusing, but ultimately I was able to get to where I needed to go.

For whatever reason, when I was in the San Jose airport, the flight from Volaris read as canceled on the Departures screens you'd find all over the terminal, it wasn't until I got to the gate that it showed it as on time and still on. It was confusing, but ultimately I did get to where I needed to go with the flight I was expecting.

Very good, despite we had a delay because of some problems at the airport.

No cumpli mencionado trayecto por reasignacion de Copa Pero extraviaron mis maletas por su culpa

As usual, the flight with normal legroom was not very comfortable, but the second flight was much better because we had paid for extra legroom. It was very nice to check our bags without an extra fee.

Pros: "Nothing. This airline is awful in every way imaginable."
Cons: "We booked tickets to Costa Rica with Copa and they just changed our flights to two days later than the booking. They didn’t even bother to inform us of the change we only found out because we booked through Kayak and they let us know. Apparently Copa expects you to frequently check your booking just in case they’ve changed anything and don’t feel the need to inform their customers of any changes they make. Then we were told we could get a Copa voucher to use for other Copa flights for having to cancel our booking and rebook with another airline as a 48 hour change to our flight made flying with Copa not doable for us. But the website kept telling us we had a voucher that was sent to our email but despite repeated attempts it never came through. And spent hours trying to get through to someone on the phone to sort it out with no success ever getting through. My advice. NEVER EVER FLY WITH COPA."
Pros: "Both of my flights were on time which i know sounds basic but all of the flights i’ve catched from SJO to X were late and this time my connection in Panama was only 1h15 and we got there earlier, so that was nice!"
Cons: "A bunch of seats were free and we were mostly sat all together (3 person next to each other).. With the covid situation i think it could be good to be more separate if possible"
Pros: "Crew was great. Supportive and friendly. Plane was clean and comfortable."
Pros: "That there was seltzer"
Cons: "The management of preparing the flight and plane so that it was ready for the trip!!"
Pros: "nice crew."
Cons: "seats were too small and uncomfortable, not possible to lean back much because of a tall passenger behind me. international flights should have better seats."
Pros: "Food was good"
Cons: "Different movie, more leg room but I'm tall so that is with any plane."
Pros: "Everything was great as usual. Copa is an excellent airline."

Happy attentive flight crew. All in all good flight the night flight works well. Getting into Mexico City early so you don't get caught up it all the immigration and custom ques, additionally, this helps when exiting the airport and crossing the city to your final destination. All works very well and would do it again

Some entertainment and food/snack service would have been nice

All the pessengers should be wait in a line útil the creo and piloto are arrived.

Planes seat could be bigger very uncomfortable for tall humans.

Atraso de dos horas y media con vuelos sobre vendidos

Great airplane The confort was within the high standards. My only little problem was That all the movies ( only 3) was on Spanish, even though I was selecting the audio on English it didn't happen. After that I highly recommend aeromexico

1 hour waiting for suitcases to come out traveling in business class and food in business class is a sandwich? Avoid Aeromexico .

Aeromexico es siempre una buena opción, relación precio calidad adecuada!

Business class was economy with a table in the middle seat. That is worse than economy. No food and no entertainment. Very poor representation.

Newer plane with large seats. No meal, but snacks were plentiful. Inflight entertainment was good but movies were dated.

I expected the plane to be as the one I took from manaos to Bogota and unfortunately it wasn’t as nice, the sits didn’t recline and there was not onboard entertainment.

I did not like anything, first time I use company and for sure it will be the last time, they charge for simple operations that any other average airline wouldn't charge.

i was charged $140.00usd for my backpack the only luggage i had was my backpack

Boarding was very expedite. The chairs are fixed you can't rest comfortable during the flight.

The temperature was cold and the food that we had to pay for was awful. The crew didn’t even offer a free glass of water. It was a long, expensive and uncomfortable flight.

My experience was amazing! They helped my elderly mother board on early through a wheelchair and were accommodating to have us sit together since our seats were in different locations. When landing at the airport in GUA they were very helpful with full of hospitality.

Discomfort has become a feature in Avianca flights. That isn’t terrible on short, local flights (most of them 1-2 Hrs)… but a 7-Hr flight with no water, no coffeee, no nothing (unless you buy it) is just not right. Uncomfortable seats, almost inhuman space between chairs, in long-haul flights needs to be reviewed by airline. And unavailable entertainment system doesn’t help either. Flight was safe and on-time, which isn’t easy to achieve. But all other features aren’t features: they’re a modern way of torture. Avianca really needs to up their game, or bluntly declare: we’re an ultra low-cost airline, and fees will drop accordingly.

Every food and beverage has to be paid and the seat was not confortable. They even gave water.

Cons: "We were not allowed to check my bag in line 2 hours early. Time listed on e boarding pass was at gate but we were in line 2 hours early and not alerted to get put ahead in lines. Misleading us and 3 others we knew of to not allowed to check bags or go to gate. Had to rebook next available 1 1/2 days later."
Pros: "Crew was ok."
Cons: "Four people at the desk in the check in as area, totally insufficient for the whole operation in a busy day."

The WiFi tv wasn’t working. The flight was over sold and moved several times. The gate assignment appeared on the screens right as we were supposed to board. Because of the flight being over sold we were almost stuck in Cancun for a couple of a days. The flight attendants were unfriendly and would wake you up to pick up other people’s trash.

The reason we chose Volaris to fly from LAX to Mazatlan, Mexico was because of the DATES and TIMES for the NON-STOP flights. When those flights got Totally Changed that was UNACCEPTABLE ! ! ! Also, when my husband Died unexpectedly, the Only statement that Customer Service kept repeating was "they would only offer Credit on a future flight". REALLY?! Volaris was only going to offer CREDIT on another flight to a DEAD PERSON ! ! !

Service of the person who gave us the boarding pass

Overall good but we had a minor scare when a wind shear caused the plane to re take off on the first landing attempt. The crew handled it well and we landed safely on the second attempt

It was unfortunate that I paid more than $120 one way to carry on my luggage to only have to have them checked baggage. We board the flight and there’s a lot of overhead space. They checked our bags in Group 2 but Group 3 was able to board with their luggage. I would not fly Volaris again. The flight attendance on the plane was very nice but the employees at the gate prior to boarding was very rude.

For the price, you pretty much can't beat this airlines. As far as comfort, you could do a lot better, but it'll cost you. Over all cheapest way to get from point A to point B.

To many extra fees, poor customer service and very uncomfortable flight. No leg room and seat wont recline.

I am disabled and was unable to get any assistance from Volaris. I had to wait in line at front desk for 45 minutes, I am by myself, and unable to stand. When I got to front desk check in, they had no assistance for me. I did however, have wheelchair assistance when I arrived in Mexico City. Thank God for that!

It was horrible, our flight back was overbooked and had to take a flight 12hours later in the day but to LAX. Volaris is horrible.

necesitan mejorar el entretenimiento, en vuelos de mas de 3 horas

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