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An eSIM for Colombia 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.
eSIM card for Colombia, on Claro and Movistar
5GData for Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena or the Coffee Region, downloaded to your phone by QR code. Two Colombian networks, and no plastic card to collect.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Colombia: 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 Colombia
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 Colombia
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.
Is an eSIM card for Colombia a physical card?
No. People search for an "eSIM card", but there's nothing to post or pick up at El Dorado. An eSIM is a profile your phone downloads onto a chip it already has. You scan a QR code from your SIMAREA account, and the Colombia plan sits next to your usual SIM, which stays in the phone with your number.
You need a phone that supports eSIM and isn't locked to your home carrier.
Claro and Movistar, with 5G on Movistar
Every Colombia plan lists both networks. Movistar reaches 5G where it has built it; Claro runs on 4G and 3G on these plans. Your phone joins one of them, and you can pick one by hand in the network settings if, say, Claro is clearer at your finca outside Salento.
Traffic on every Colombia plan exits in Belgium, so Colombian sites see a Belgian IP. A Colombian bank app or a government portal may treat that as a login from abroad.
Sizes: 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 15 days, 3 to 20 GB for 30 days, or a day pass with 1 GB a day at full speed and 512 Kbps after that until the day resets. The 100 MB plan counts its days from installation; the rest wait for the first connection in Colombia.
Colombia with Panama, Ecuador or the Caribbean
A Colombia plan works only in Colombia. The multi-country plans add neighbors, though none of them uses Claro in Colombia.
- Cartagena to Panama by boat through San Blas, or south to Ecuador: the Latin America eSIM 20-country plans and its day pass list Colombia, Panama and Ecuador, with Tigo and Movistar in Colombia. Colombia isn't on its 6-country plans.
- Colombia and the islands: the Caribbean eSIM puts Colombia on its 25-country list with the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Puerto Rico, on Movistar in Colombia. It doesn't list Panama or Ecuador.
- A longer route: Global 130 lists Colombia, Panama and Ecuador among 127 countries, with plans up to 365 days.
All three route traffic through the UK or Norway rather than Belgium.
Colombia eSIM questions
Does the Colombia eSIM include a Colombian number?
No. It carries data only, with no +57 number, calls or SMS, and your own SIM keeps your number for texts from home.
Is the Colombia day pass unlimited?
Each day gives 1 GB at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets. That's enough for messages and maps after a heavy morning; video can wait for Wi-Fi.
Can I keep Claro on a regional plan?
No. The Latin America and Global 130 plans use Tigo and Movistar in Colombia, and the Caribbean plans use Movistar. If Claro is the network that reaches where you're staying, keep a Colombia plan for that part of the trip.
Can I add data when it runs out?
Yes: add more data to the same eSIM from your SIMAREA balance, which every Colombia plan allows. Buying early is fine too, since an unused plan keeps for 180 days.
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Choose your Colombia eSIM
Pick the day pass or a fixed plan on Claro and Movistar, and install it by QR code.