Tegucigalpa eSIM
In Tegucigalpa you connect to Tigo or Claro, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 28 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Tigo and Claro
- Typical speed in Honduras
- 28 Mbps typical, 6 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Tegucigalpa
| 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 | $5.18 | $25.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $3.79 | $37.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $3.34 | $66.89 |
How Honduras compares across North America
- Regional typical speed
- 33 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Tigo, Claro
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Costa Rica, 31 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Nicaragua, 26 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Roatan, Tegucigalpa
Landing at Palmerola International Airport (XPL)
- Airport
- XPL / MHPR
- Distance
- 60 km from the centre of Tegucigalpa
- Also serves
- Toncontin International Airport (TGU)
Getting into Tegucigalpa
- Taxi Oficial XPL from the taxi zone outside the terminal, at fixed fares to Tegucigalpa (XPL)
- Shared coach operators including Empresa de Transportes Palmerola, Transportes V Estrellas and Transportes Cristina, from the transport zone in arrivals (XPL)
Worth knowing about Tegucigalpa
- Tegucigalpa's international flights no longer land in the city. Every international carrier moved to Palmerola in December 2021, leaving Toncontin with domestic and cargo traffic only.
- Palmerola opened on 15 October 2021 on the site of Soto Cano Air Base, about 60 km northwest of Tegucigalpa city centre, near Comayagua.
- Toncontin is only 6 km from the centre but has a single 2,163 m runway, and the History Channel programme Most Extreme Airports ranked it the second most extreme airport in the world.
- Palmerola lists an official fixed fare taxi service of 350 to 900 lempiras and four shared transport operators waiting in the arrivals transport zone for the run to Tegucigalpa.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Honduras we cover
- Roatan
- 261 km from Tegucigalpa, nearest airport RTB