Cartagena eSIM
In Cartagena you connect to Claro or Movistar, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 38 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Claro and Movistar
- Real speed in Colombia
- 38 Mbps median, 9 Mbps for the slowest tenth684 travellers across Colombia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Cartagena
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $9.89 | $9.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $6.30 | $18.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $6.38 | $31.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $5.19 | $51.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.59 | $91.89 |
How Colombia compares across South America
- Speed rank
- 4 of 10 destinations we sell in South America
- Regional median
- 34.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Claro, Movistar
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Uruguay, 48 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Peru, 35 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Bogota, Cartagena, Medellin
- tenth percentile
- 9 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 684 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Rafael Nunez International Airport (CTG)
- Airport
- CTG / SKCG
Getting into Cartagena
- Road from Rafael Nunez Airport to downtown and the walled old town (CTG), about 10 minutes
Worth knowing about Cartagena
- The airport is about a ten-minute drive from downtown and the walled old town, and roughly fifteen minutes from the modern Bocagrande area.
- Cartagena's airport is inside the city, in the Crespo neighbourhood in the north, wedged between the Caribbean coast and the Cienaga de la Virgen marsh - the transfer to the old town is a short urban drive, not an intercity run.
- The airport changed operator in March 2024, when OINAC took over under a ten-year contract, so older signage and contact details may be out of date.