Palawan eSIM
In Palawan you connect to Globe or Smart, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 34 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Globe and Smart
- Real speed in Philippines
- 34 Mbps median, 8 Mbps for the slowest tenth822 travellers across Philippines, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- partial, on the main islands and in the cities
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Palawan
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $6.89 | $6.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $3.30 | $9.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.78 | $13.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.09 | $20.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.84 | $36.89 |
How Philippines compares across Asia
- Speed rank
- 19 of 26 destinations we sell in Asia
- Regional median
- 44 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Globe, Smart
- 5G
- Partial, main islands and cities
- Next fastest nearby
- Mongolia, 35 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Kyrgyzstan, 33 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 4: Manila, Cebu, Palawan, Boracay
- tenth percentile
- 8 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 822 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Puerto Princesa International Airport (PPS)
- Airport
- PPS / RPVP
- Also serves
- El Nido Airport (Lio Airport) (ENI), Francisco B. Reyes Airport (Busuanga, for Coron) (USU)
Worth knowing about Palawan
- Palawan is an archipelagic province of roughly 1,780 islands and islets, not a city.
- Puerto Princesa suspended international flights in March 2020; as of 2025 it mainly runs domestic routes to Manila, Cebu, Clark, Davao and Iloilo.
- El Nido's airport is privately owned and operated by Cebu Pacific, with a 1,000 m runway and domestic flights only, about 4 km from the town proper.
- Coron is served by Francisco B. Reyes Airport on Busuanga island, a domestic-only Class 2 principal airport.
- SIM cards in the Philippines must be registered before activation under the SIM Registration Act (RA 11934), in force since 28 October 2022.