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An eSIM for El Salvador 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 for El Salvador on Claro and Movistar
Data for San Salvador, Santa Ana or the surf beaches of La Libertad, on two Salvadoran networks. Here the day pass gives 3 GB a day before it slows down.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for El Salvador: 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 El Salvador
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 El Salvador
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.
The El Salvador day pass: 3 GB a day
The El Salvador day pass opens each day with 3 GB at full speed, three times the daily gigabyte of the Latin America day pass. After that it carries on at 1 Mbps until the day resets, and you set the number of days at checkout.
The fixed plans are small next to it and stop at 5 GB:
- 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB for 7 days
- 3 GB for 15 days
- 3 GB or 5 GB for 30 days
A long weekend in San Salvador with hotel Wi-Fi fits a 1 GB week. A month working from El Tunco or El Zonte, with video calls and photo uploads, will outgrow 5 GB; the day pass gives far more data over the same days.
Claro and Movistar here, Tigo on the regional plans
El Salvador plans list Claro and Movistar, both on 3G and 4G; no plan here reaches 5G. With two networks on the plan, the phone can move to the other one when a signal fades on the coast road or up in the hills.
The Latin America and Global 130 plans add a third network in El Salvador, Tigo, next to Claro and Movistar.
Traffic on El Salvador plans leaves through Belgium; on the Latin America and Global 130 plans, through the UK or Norway. Neither gives you a Salvadoran IP, which only matters to local services that check where you connect from.
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in one trip
El Salvador is small, and many visitors pair it with Guatemala, from Antigua or Lake Atitlán across to Santa Ana, or with the Copán ruins in Honduras. An El Salvador plan has no network outside the country.
- The Latin America eSIM 20-country plans and day pass list El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Its day pass gives 1 GB a day, then 1 Mbps, so you trade the bigger daily allowance for the extra countries.
- Global 130 lists the same three, with a 90-day plan of 20 GB for a long overland route.
El Salvador isn't on the Caribbean eSIM or the 6-country Latin America plans.
El Salvador eSIM questions
Is the El Salvador day pass unlimited?
Not at full speed. It gives 3 GB a day at full speed; after that the connection runs at 1 Mbps until the day resets.
Can I install it before I fly into San Salvador?
Yes, for every plan but the 100 MB week, which counts from installation. The rest start at the first connection to Claro or Movistar in El Salvador, and an unused plan stays valid for 180 days.
Will I get a +503 number?
No. The eSIM is for data only: no Salvadoran number, calls or SMS, and your usual SIM keeps your number. For a number that receives SMS, see the virtual numbers on offer.
What if 5 GB isn't enough?
Top up the plan with more data on the same eSIM, paid from your SIMAREA balance. If you expect to top up every week, the day pass probably suits the trip better.
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The SIMAREA app is on its way
Check your data, top up and manage every eSIM from your phone.
Choose your El Salvador eSIM
Pick the 3 GB day pass or a fixed plan on Claro and Movistar, paid from your SIMAREA balance.