Krabi eSIM
In Krabi you connect to AIS or TrueMove, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 52 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- AIS and TrueMove
- Typical speed in Thailand
- 52 Mbps typical, 14 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Krabi
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.96 | $8.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.18 | $10.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.59 | $15.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $0.46 | $22.89 |
How Thailand compares across Asia
- Regional typical speed
- 42.95 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, AIS, TrueMove
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Vietnam, 56 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Kazakhstan, 51 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 5: Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Krabi, Pattaya
Landing at Krabi International Airport (KBV)
- Airport
- KBV / VTSG
- Distance
- 7 km from the centre of Krabi
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalKrabi is one of 25 airports where free wifi is provided by Thailand's Department of Airports, not AOT, through Advance Wireless Network. Access runs three hours a day and users identify themselves with a Facebook login on the DOA WiFi AIS portal. An AIS mobile account is not needed.
Getting into Krabi
- Road transfer west into downtown Krabi (KBV)
Worth knowing about Krabi
- Krabi International Airport is only about 7 km east of downtown Krabi, one of the shortest airport transfers of any Thai beach destination.
- The airport was designed for three million passengers a year and has already exceeded that, with expansion under way to over eight million, so terminal facilities are stretched in high season.
- Krabi's airport wifi is run by Thailand's Department of Airports rather than Airports of Thailand, as part of a rollout announced in 2019 across 25 regional airports.
- Three Thai airports, Pattani, Mae Sariang and Tak, were left out of the Department of Airports free wifi rollout for lack of passenger demand. Krabi was included.
- A foreign visitor registering a Thai prepaid SIM must verify identity with a passport in person at a branch or authorised dealer, and is capped at three SIM cards per operator.
- A registered Thai SIM must be activated within 60 days. Miss that and the buyer has to re-verify identity in person before the card will work.
- Railay, near Krabi, can only be reached by boat, because sheer limestone cliffs cut the peninsula off from any road connection to the mainland.
- East Railay is the landing point for boats from Krabi town, while boats from West Railay run onward to Ko Phi Phi and Phuket.
- Klong Jilad pier, about 4 km from Krabi town, is a main departure point for boats to Phi Phi Island, Koh Lanta and Railay's east pier.
- Krabi International Airport opened on 10 July 1999 and stands in Nuea Khlong subdistrict of Nuea Khlong district, Krabi province.
- Maya Bay on Phi Phi Le, a standard day trip from Krabi, closes every rainy season from 1 August to 30 September. Loh Samah Bay and Lo Kor Bay close too, because rough seas make the Loh Samah pier unsafe.
- The Phi Phi national park lists which networks reach each ranger station. Ko Mai Phai has only AIS and DTAC, Thap Khaek only True, and the shell fossil beach at Laem Pho only an unstable True signal.
- The same park listing shows all three Thai networks at the Hat Noppharat Thara, Ko Poda and Ko Phi Phi Don ranger stations, and at the Railay information centre.
- Krabi has no railway. The national park service tells rail travellers to get off at Trang, at Phunphin in Surat Thani or at Thung Song in Nakhon Si Thammarat, then ride a bus to Krabi.
- Reaching Ko Lanta by road still means a car ferry of about 30 minutes to Ko Lanta Noi, then the Siri Lanta bridge to Ko Lanta Yai. A road bridge of about two kilometres from the mainland is due to open in 2029.
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Other cities in Thailand we cover
- Phuket
- 64 km from Krabi, nearest airport HKT
- Pattaya
- 582 km from Krabi, nearest airport UTP
- Bangkok
- 655 km from Krabi, nearest airport DMK
- Chiang Mai
- 1192 km from Krabi, nearest airport CNX