San Jose eSIM
In San Jose you connect to Kolbi or Movistar, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 31 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Kolbi and Movistar
- Real speed in Costa Rica
- 31 Mbps median, 7 Mbps for the slowest tenth322 travellers across Costa Rica, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover San Jose
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $9.89 | $9.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $6.63 | $19.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $7.38 | $36.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $5.29 | $52.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.59 | $91.89 |
How Costa Rica compares across North America
- Speed rank
- 7 of 10 destinations we sell in North America
- Regional median
- 33 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 23 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Kolbi, Movistar
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Guatemala, 32 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Honduras, 28 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: San Jose, La Fortuna, Tamarindo
- tenth percentile
- 7 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 322 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO)
- Airport
- SJO / MROC
- Distance
- 20 km from the centre of San Jose
Getting into San Jose
- Airport bus to downtown San Jose (SJO)
- Official orange airport taxi and red licensed taxis (SJO)
Worth knowing about San Jose
- San Jose's airport is actually in Alajuela, about 20 km northwest of downtown San Jose.
- A rail line passes close to the airport but does not serve it - there is no rail service of any kind to the terminal, so arrivals are road-only.
- The airport bus runs 24 hours, with roughly one service every 10 minutes during working hours.
- Licensed airport taxis are identifiable by colour - red cabs with a yellow door triangle, plus a separate orange airport taxi service.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Costa Rica we cover
- La Fortuna
- 86 km from San Jose, nearest airport FON
- Tamarindo
- 196 km from San Jose, nearest airport NOB