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Colombia

eSIM Colombia

Colombia eSIM from 3,95€ with 4G/5G where available: prepaid data packs, no contract and no sign-up — set up by QR code and you're connected the minute you land in Bogotá.

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12,44€ 9,95€
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21,19€ 16,95€
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36,19€ 28,95€

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Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.

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How does Simbye eSIM work for Colombia?

Get connected in under 2 minutes

1

Set up in one tap at home

After the purchase you get an email with one link inside. Tap it and the eSIM lands on your phone, right next to your everyday SIM. It stays asleep for now — no data, no days ticking — so you can sort this out days before you leave.

2

Landed? One switch

Landed in Bogotá, Medellín or Cartagena? Open Settings and turn on data roaming for the Simbye line — that single switch is all it takes. The phone finds the local network on its own and you are online within moments, before your bag even reaches the belt.

3

Stay reachable, top up anytime

You keep both worlds: the Simbye line carries the data, while your own SIM keeps your number reachable for calls and texts as usual. Should the plan run low before the trip ends, add more in the app with a couple of taps — the eSIM stays untouched.

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Which networks will you be on in Colombia?

One network carries you across Colombia — Claro — and your phone joins it on its own wherever you happen to land.

Claro
52Mbit/sDownload
15Mbit/sUpload
55msLatency

Source: nPerf averages, 01.04.2025 – 31.03.2026.

You do not choose anything and you do not set anything up. Your Simbye line runs on Claro and registers by itself, usually while you are still taxiing at El Dorado in Bogotá or José María Córdova above Medellín. No APN to enter, no profile to pick, no app to open before it works — all of that was handled when you installed the eSIM at home. If you land and the bars stay empty, switch flight mode on, count to about ten and switch it off again; that makes the phone search for the network from scratch. If it still refuses, go into network selection, turn off automatic and choose Claro by hand — worth knowing on the coast and up in the mountains.

Cities are the easy part: Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Bucaramanga and Santa Marta, plus the towns people actually stop in — Guatapé, Villa de Leyva, Salento and the coffee farms around it, San Gil, Minca. It thins out fast once the road runs out. Expect gaps deep in Tayrona, on the Ciudad Perdida trek through the Sierra Nevada, along the Cocora valley trails, out in the Tatacoa desert, across the Llanos, and almost everywhere on the Pacific side of Chocó around Nuquí and Bahía Solano, where boats replace roads. The Amazon around Leticia holds the town and little else, and Caño Cristales in La Macarena is a place to leave your phone in your bag. Long bus climbs over the Andes drop in and out between villages.

eSIM or a local SIM card in Colombia?

You land in Bogotá already connected. A Colombian prepaid SIM is easy to find at El Dorado or a corner shop, but it gets registered to your passport and paid for at the counter.

Simbye eSIM
How fast you're online
Ready before the seatbelt sign goes off, because you installed it at home.
Papers and ID
Nothing shown to anyone on arrival; no forms, no photocopy of documents.
Point of sale
Straight to your phone from home, days before the trip if you like.
Settling the bill
Card or wallet in your own currency, one payment before you fly.
Your number stays
Your everyday number keeps ringing beside it, so family still reaches you.
More data later
Top up in the app in seconds, still sitting in the taxi.
Signal quality
Runs on Claro, from Bogotá and Medellín out to the coffee region.
Colombian +57 number
No +57 number is included; WhatsApp calls and messages work regardless.
Local SIM card
How fast you're online
After immigration, a queue at a stand and an activation call in Spanish.
Papers and ID
Colombia registers prepaid SIMs to an ID, so your passport gets copied.
Point of sale
Claro stands at El Dorado, shopping centres and street vendors across the city.
Settling the bill
Cash at the stand, during opening hours, and change is often expected.
Your number stays
You carry an unfamiliar number and your own SIM sits in a pocket.
More data later
Recargas at shops, pharmacies and kiosks, asked for in Spanish.
Signal quality
The same Claro masts and the same thin spots in the mountains.
Colombian +57 number
A +57 number, handy when a Colombian hotel or driver calls back.
How fast you're online
Ready before the seatbelt sign goes off, because you installed it at home.
After immigration, a queue at a stand and an activation call in Spanish.
Papers and ID
Nothing shown to anyone on arrival; no forms, no photocopy of documents.
Colombia registers prepaid SIMs to an ID, so your passport gets copied.
Point of sale
Straight to your phone from home, days before the trip if you like.
Claro stands at El Dorado, shopping centres and street vendors across the city.
Settling the bill
Card or wallet in your own currency, one payment before you fly.
Cash at the stand, during opening hours, and change is often expected.
Your number stays
Your everyday number keeps ringing beside it, so family still reaches you.
You carry an unfamiliar number and your own SIM sits in a pocket.
More data later
Top up in the app in seconds, still sitting in the taxi.
Recargas at shops, pharmacies and kiosks, asked for in Spanish.
Signal quality
Runs on Claro, from Bogotá and Medellín out to the coffee region.
The same Claro masts and the same thin spots in the mountains.
Colombian +57 number
No +57 number is included; WhatsApp calls and messages work regardless.
A +57 number, handy when a Colombian hotel or driver calls back.

How much data do you need in Colombia?

So you can work it out instead of guessing: how much an hour costs in the apps you actually use on holiday.

Just staying reachable

1–3 GB

Messages, the map now and then, checking mail. Everything else runs on the hotel Wi-Fi.

3 GB is plenty

An ordinary holiday

5–10 GB

Navigating, social media, uploading photos, a few videos in the evening.

10 GB is the safe choice

Out a lot, or a laptop along

20 GB and up

Streaming in the evening, video calls home, keeping a laptop or tablet online through your phone.

10 GB

Data used per hour

WhatsApp
around 30 MB per hour
on a call — messaging costs almost nothing
Google Maps
2–5 MB per hour
navigation without satellite view
Spotify
40–70 MB per hour
depending on the sound quality you set
Web and email
60–240 MB per hour
news sites, mail, searching
Instagram
400–600 MB per hour
scrolling the feed
TikTok
840 MB – 1 GB per hour
videos play back to back
YouTube
0.5 – 1.5 GB per hour
depending on picture quality
Netflix
up to 3 GB per hour
in HD. On "save data" around 170 MB

The Netflix and Spotify figures come from the providers themselves (Netflix Help Center, Spotify Support, retrieved 28 Aug 2026). The rest are network-operator estimates (o2, Vodafone, EE) and vary with picture quality and reception.

What does an eSIM for Colombia cost?

Simbye offers 4 plans for Colombia from €3,95 to €28,95 — prepaid, no contract.

Plans for Colombia range from 1 GB to 10 GB.

Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Colombia.

from €3,95

4 plans · 7–30 days

  • 1 GB €3,95 7 days €0,56 per travel day
  • 3 GB €9,95 30 days €0,33 per travel day
  • 5 GB €16,95 30 days €0,56 per travel day
  • 10 GB €28,95 30 days €0,96 per travel day

Good to know

Networks
Claro
Setting it up
A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
Network technology
4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
APN and settings
Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
Hotspot
Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
Adding more data
Top up any time, without setting anything up again
Calls and texts
Not included — WhatsApp calls run over the data
Your own number
Stays in the phone and stays reachable
Contract
None. The plan ends by itself
Worth knowing
Roaming on your home contract gets billed here — this eSIM is prepaid, so nothing is added afterwards

Frequently Asked Questions about Colombia eSIM

Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.