Bogota eSIM
In Bogota you connect to Claro or Movistar, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 38 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Claro and Movistar
- Real speed in Colombia
- 38 Mbps median, 9 Mbps for the slowest tenth684 travellers across Colombia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Bogota
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $9.89 | $9.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $6.30 | $18.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $6.38 | $31.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $5.19 | $51.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.59 | $91.89 |
How Colombia compares across South America
- Speed rank
- 4 of 10 destinations we sell in South America
- Regional median
- 34.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Claro, Movistar
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Uruguay, 48 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Peru, 35 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Bogota, Cartagena, Medellin
- tenth percentile
- 9 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 684 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at El Dorado International Airport (BOG)
- Airport
- BOG / SKBO
- Distance
- 12 km from the centre of Bogota
Getting into Bogota
- TransMilenio route M86 Aeropuerto on the Calle 26 corridor to Portal Eldorado (BOG)
Worth knowing about Bogota
- Bogota has no metro at all: Line 1 is still under construction, with the mayor's office pointing to March 2028, so every airport transfer is by road.
- When Bogota's metro does open it will be elevated rather than in tunnel, a design the builders kept to avoid cost and delay.
- El Dorado sits at 2,548 m elevation, one of the highest major international airports in the Americas.
- The airport lies inside the city boundary, mostly in the Fontibon district, rather than in a separate satellite town.