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An eSIM for Chile is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Every plan here uses more than one partner network. Your phone joins one when you arrive and can switch to another if the signal weakens.
If you stay longer, top up your current plan with more data. You do not need to buy a new one.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Chile eSIM on Claro and Movistar
Data for a stay in Santiago or a route that goes on to Argentina, as a day pass or a fixed plan of up to 20 GB.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Chile: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
How to get mobile data in Chile
Install it at home before you go. Some plans here start counting at installation, so check the line under the price for the plan you pick.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Chile
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
More than one network
Every plan here lists more than one partner network. If one gets weak, your phone can switch to another.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
Chile eSIM networks: Claro and Movistar, or WOM on a regional plan
Buy from this page and your eSIM lists Claro (CLARO CL in the plan details) and Movistar on all ten plans. None of the ten confirms 5G, and each sends traffic out through Belgium, so sites see a Belgian address rather than a Chilean one.
WOM and confirmed 5G come only with a multi-country plan, and Claro drops off the list when you switch:
- Latin America, 6-country list: WOM alone in Chile, marked 5G, with a UK exit.
- Latin America, 20-country list: WOM and Movistar, both marked 5G, with an exit in the UK or Norway.
- Global 130: the same two networks and the same exit countries as the 20-country list.
Sizes and terms for Chile, and stays past a month
- 7 days: 100 MB, 500 MB, or 1 GB
- 15 days: 2 or 3 GB
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, or 20 GB
- Day pass: full speed for your first 1 GB each day, 512 Kbps after that until the reset
A top-up puts more data on the same eSIM, on any of the ten, but it doesn't extend the term, so 30 days is as long as a Chile plan runs. For a longer stay, the 6-country list has 30 GB for 30 days and 50 GB for 180 days, neither of which tops up, and Global 130 has 20 GB for 90 days.
Chile with Argentina, Peru, or Bolivia
Argentina and Peru share both Latin America lists and Global 130 with Chile, so a trip from Santiago to Mendoza, or Arica to Tacna, can use one eSIM.
Bolivia is on the 20-country list and Global 130 but not the 6-country list, which matters if San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni is part of your route. The Caribbean list names all three neighbors but not Chile.
Would you rather buy per country? Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia each have plans of their own, with their own networks and exits.
Questions about a Chile eSIM
Is the Chile day pass unlimited?
Only in the sense that it doesn't stop. The first 1 GB of each day runs at full speed, and after that the eSIM stays at 512 Kbps until the day resets.
Does a Chile eSIM include a +56 number?
No, it carries data and nothing else: no number, no calls, no SMS. A number you hold for a term is a separate rental, found under virtual numbers.
Can I install it before my trip?
Yes. Nine of the ten plans start counting at the first connection in Chile, and an unused plan stays valid for 180 days. The exception is the 100 MB week, which starts at installation, so install that one when you want its 7 days to begin.
Can I use the Chile eSIM as a hotspot for my laptop?
You can if your plan and phone allow it. Shared data comes out of the same allowance as your phone's, so the laptop draws on the plan you bought.
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Choose your Chile eSIM
Compare the day pass and the nine fixed plans on Claro and Movistar. Adding Argentina, Peru, or Bolivia? Check which Latin America list names them.