Guatemala City eSIM
In Guatemala City you connect to Tigo or Claro, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 32 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Tigo and Claro
- Real speed in Guatemala
- 32 Mbps median, 7 Mbps for the slowest tenth142 travellers across Guatemala, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Guatemala City
| 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 | $5.98 | $29.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $4.89 | $48.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.69 | $93.89 |
How Guatemala compares across North America
- Speed rank
- 6 of 10 destinations we sell in North America
- Regional median
- 33 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 22 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Tigo, Claro
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- El Salvador, 34 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Costa Rica, 31 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Antigua, Guatemala City
- tenth percentile
- 7 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 142 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at La Aurora International Airport (GUA)
- Airport
- GUA / MGGT
- Distance
- 6.4 km from the centre of Guatemala City
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminal
Worth knowing about Guatemala City
- La Aurora sits inside the city in Zone 13, about 6.4 km south of the centre, at 1,509 m above sea level.
- It is the fourth busiest airport in Central America by passenger traffic, behind Tocumen in Panama, Juan Santamaria in Costa Rica and El Salvador International.
- Guatemala City is divided into numbered zones laid out by the engineer Raul Aguilar Batres, and addresses are given by zone, which is why the airport is known as La Aurora, Zona 13.
- The Transmetro bus rapid transit system started running in 2007 and now has five lines.
- The city stands at about 1,500 m in a mountain valley and its metropolitan area held roughly 3.23 million people in 2023.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Guatemala we cover
- Antigua
- 25 km from Guatemala City, nearest airport GUA