There are 8 ways to get from Chicago to Uvita by plane, bus, shuttle, car, taxi, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ORD - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
11h 38m$602–1,034Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane ORD - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Uvitataxi
11h 54m$242–695Drive 5,429.8 km
- Drive from Chicago to Uvitacar 5,429.8 km
2d 20h$729–1,052Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MDW - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
13h 5m$652–1,234Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane ORD - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Dominical
13h 41m$736–1,684Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MKE - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
14h 39m$728–1,415Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane MDW - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Uvitataxi
12h 53m$292–945Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to David (DAV)plane ORD - DAV
- Take the bus from David to Fronterabus
- Take the bus from Paso Canoas to Uvitabus
16h 34m$242–942
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Uvita is to fly and taxi which costs $240 - $700 and takes 11h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Uvita is to fly and bus and shuttle which takes 11h 38m and costs $600 - $1,100.
The distance between Chicago and Uvita is 3860 km. The road distance is 5429.8 km.
It takes approximately 11h 38m to get from Chicago to Uvita, including transfers.
Uvita is 1h behind Chicago. It is currently 00:20 in Chicago and 23:20 in Uvita.
Yes, the driving distance between Chicago to Uvita is 5430 km. It takes approximately 2 days 20h to drive from Chicago to Uvita.
There are 481+ hotels available in Uvita.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Uvita, Puntarenas, Costa Rica?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Uvita. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), walk to 50 m este Del Aeropuerto, take the bus to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14, walk to San José, then take the shuttle to Uvita. Alternatively, you can drive from Chicago to Uvita in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Nashville, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Cancun, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Nashville, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David via Miami, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to David via Orlando, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Nashville, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- contraloriadeservicios@grupotuasa.com
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $477
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $477
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Dominical
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $459
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $477
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Bus from David to Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–13
- Schedules at
- Transporte Panamá Chiriqui Frontera
Bus from Paso Canoas to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $10–14
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Taxi Quepos
- Phone
- +506 8501 0497
- Website
- taxiquepos.com
Taxi Quepos
- Phone
- +506 8501 0497
- Website
- taxiquepos.com
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