Kandy eSIM
In Kandy you connect to Dialog or Mobitel, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 27 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Dialog and Mobitel
- Real speed in Sri Lanka
- 27 Mbps median, 6 Mbps for the slowest tenth318 travellers across Sri Lanka, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Kandy
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $6.89 | $6.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $4.30 | $12.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $3.38 | $16.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.49 | $24.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $2.14 | $42.89 |
How Sri Lanka compares across Asia
- Speed rank
- 22 of 26 destinations we sell in Asia
- Regional median
- 44 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 22 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Dialog, Mobitel
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Bangladesh, 28 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Laos, 26 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Colombo, Kandy, Galle
- tenth percentile
- 6 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 318 travellers, rolling 90 days
Getting into Kandy
- Sri Lanka Railways Main Line from Colombo. Runs through tunnels, where a signal drops
- A1 Kandy Road from Colombo
Worth knowing about Kandy
- Kandy has no operational airport of its own; the nearest major airport is Bandaranaike International at Katunayake, on the west coast near Colombo.
- The rail approach from Colombo climbs into the Central Highlands through a series of numbered tunnels, including the Meeyangalla tunnel, so signal drops in and out on the way up.
- Kandy is the gateway to the Central Highlands: the line continues past the city all the way to Badulla, and the Colombo-Kandy and Kandy-Nuwara Eliya roads are mountain routes.