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An eSIM for Panama 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 movistar, the one network these plans use. Your phone connects to it when you arrive.
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.
Panama eSIM on Movistar
Mobile data for a stay in Panama City or a stopover on the way to Colombia. Choose the day pass or a plan of 7, 15, or 30 days before your trip.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Panama: 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 Panama
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 Panama
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Runs on movistar
Plans for Panama connect to movistar. Your phone joins it once data roaming is on for the eSIM.
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.
One network on a Panama eSIM: Movistar
A Panama eSIM from SIMAREA connects to Movistar and no other network, on 3G and 4G, on each of its nine plans.
The same goes for the two wider options. The 20-country Latin America plans and Global 130 also use Movistar in Panama, so the choice between a Panama plan and one of those isn't about the network.
What does change: exit, sizes, and the day pass
- Exit: Panama plans exit in Israel, so sites see an address there. The 20-country Latin America and Global 130 plans exit in the UK or Norway.
- Small sizes: only the Panama plans sell 100 MB or 500 MB for 7 days. From there they go to 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 15 days, and 3, 5, 10, or 20 GB for 30 days.
- Day pass: Panama's gives 1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets. The 20-country Latin America day pass has the same 1 GB, then 1 Mbps.
- Long stays: Panama and 20-country Latin America plans stop at 30 days, and a top-up adds data, not days. Global 130 goes on to 20 GB for 90 days and 1 GB for 365 days.
Panama with Costa Rica or Colombia
A Panama plan is sold for Panama alone. If you're crossing at Paso Canoas into Costa Rica or flying on to Colombia, you have two ways to do it:
- One eSIM: Costa Rica and Colombia are both on the 20-country Latin America list and Global 130, with Panama.
- Separate plans: a Panama plan plus each neighbor's own plan, each with its own network and exit.
Panama isn't named on the 6-country Latin America list or the Caribbean list, though Colombia is on the Caribbean one. Mexico appears with Panama only on Global 130.
Questions about Panama eSIM plans
Why do sites see an address in Israel on a Panama eSIM?
That's the exit on every Panama plan: traffic leaves through Israel, so sites see an address there instead of one in Panama. For an exit in the UK or Norway, compare the 20-country Latin America plans.
Is the Panama day pass unlimited?
Movistar keeps the connection open at a reduced speed, so what's capped is the fast part: a daily 1 GB, with 512 Kbps once it's gone until the reset.
Do the days start when I install the eSIM?
On one plan, yes: the 7-day 100 MB plan counts from installation. The other eight wait for the first connection in Panama, so you can install them before your trip. Unused, a plan stays valid for 180 days.
Does a Panama eSIM include a +507 number?
No. You get data and nothing else: no number, no calls, no SMS, and your own SIM keeps your number. Renting a number that receives SMS is separate; start at virtual numbers.
Can I use it as a hotspot for my laptop?
Yes, if your plan and phone allow it. What the laptop uses comes out of the same allowance, which tops out at 20 GB on a 30-day Panama plan.
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Choose your Panama eSIM
Pick the day pass or a fixed plan on Movistar. Also visiting Costa Rica or Colombia? Compare the Latin America and Global 130 plans first.