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An eSIM for Latin America 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.
Coverage comes from local partner networks in each country. Your phone connects to the next one as you cross a border.
This plan does not include a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, use a virtual number.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
South America eSIM: Latin America plans for 6 or 20 countries
5GTwo country lists: six South American countries on plans up to 180 days, or 20 across Central and South America and the Caribbean, day pass included. Days start at your first connection on the list.
The unlimited plan is the widest of the day passes we hold for Latin America: 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.
One plan for the countries on its list
Set it up at home the night before. Your eSIM waits quietly until you arrive.
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 at your first stop
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive. After that it connects in each country on its list.
What to know about the Latin America eSIM
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Local networks in each country
The plan connects to partner networks in every country it covers. Where a country has more than one, your phone can use any of them.
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.
Staying longer?
Some plans here can be topped up with more data on the same eSIM; others are fixed.
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.
South America eSIM: the 6-country and 20-country lists
Each plan shows a country count next to its data, which tells you its list:
- 6 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay, with one network in each: Personal in Argentina, TIM in Brazil, WOM in Chile, and Movistar in Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. Fixed plans run from 1 GB for 7 days to 50 GB for 180 days, and traffic exits in the UK.
- 20 countries: the same six plus Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay; Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama; Puerto Rico; and Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthelemy, and Saint Martin. Fixed plans run from 7 to 30 days, the day pass uses this list, and traffic exits in the UK or Norway.
Neither list has Mexico, Belize, Venezuela, Guyana, or Suriname. French Guiana is on the Caribbean list instead.
Which list fits your route
- Buenos Aires to Santiago: both lists cover Argentina and Chile. On the 20-country plans, Argentina runs on Movistar instead of Personal, and Chile adds movistar next to WOM.
- Peru and Bolivia, Cusco to Uyuni: of the two lists, only the 20-country one has Bolivia, on Tigo.
- Iguazú Falls and Paraguay: for Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay together, pick the 20-country list, since Paraguay isn't among the six.
- Central America overland: Guatemala to Panama is on the 20-country list, not the 6.
- A semester in Brazil or Argentina: the 6-country list's 50 GB plan lasts 180 days, the longest term on this page.
A Latin America plan or one country's own plan
For a trip in one country, compare its own page:
- Term: the Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru pages sell fixed plans of up to 30 days. Only the 6-country list goes beyond that.
- IP address: the Brazil plans exit in Brazil, so Brazilian sites see a local address. Every Latin America plan exits in the UK or Norway.
- Networks: the 20-country list often has two or three per country, such as Claro, TIM, and Vivo in Brazil, so your phone has another to try where one is weak.
Latin America eSIM questions
Does the Latin America eSIM cover Mexico?
No, Mexico is on neither list. Cover it with the Mexico eSIM or a North America plan.
Is the Latin America day pass unlimited?
Only the first 1 GB each day runs at full speed; then it slows to 1 Mbps until the day resets. It uses the 20-country list.
Do the Latin America plans have 5G?
Where the partner network has 5G, such as WOM in Chile, or TIM in Brazil on the 6-country plans, yes. Where it's listed without 5G, as Movistar is in Ecuador and Peru on the 6-country plans, expect 4G or 3G.
Can I add data to a Latin America plan?
Yes, on the same eSIM, except two 6-country plans: 30 GB for 30 days and 50 GB for 180 days. When one of those runs out, you buy a new plan.
Will I get a local phone number?
No. The eSIM is data only. For a number that receives SMS, see virtual numbers.
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Pick the list, then the plan
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