Best eSIM for Guatemala: Real Prices Compared for Antigua, Tikal and Beyond

Guatemala doesn't get the same spotlight as its Central American neighbors, but between Antigua's cobblestone streets and colonial churches, the ruins at Tikal rising out of the jungle, and Lake Atitlán's volcano-ringed shoreline, it's earning a much bigger following every year. Wherever your route takes you, you'll want reliable data from the moment you land — and Guatemala's eSIM market is bigger than you'd expect, with 117 providers carrying live plans in our database.

I checked the real, current pricing from a well-known set of them and pulled out the plans genuinely worth your money, organized by trip length and data needs.

Quick-answer picks

• Cheapest short trip: Yatelo — 1GB for 7 days from $3.42, a genuine bargain for light data use.
• Best real week-long data plan: Yatelo again — the best real-data 7-day price we found.
• Best value for a longer stay: Orbit Mobile — 1GB for 30 days at $5.50, normally the cheapest genuine 30-day plan in our Guatemala data.
• Most recognizable brand: Airalo — the widest plan range of any provider here, from a 1GB/3-day pass to a full 30-day Unlimited plan.

Guatemala price comparison

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Airalo $5.00 Cheapest Nomad eSIM $6.00 Saily $5.99 Orbit Mobile $5.50

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Provider-by-provider breakdown

Airalo is the eSIM most travelers already know, and it brings real range to Guatemala — 17 plans running from a 1GB/3-day pass at $5.00 up to a full 30-day Unlimited plan at $99.00. Its 5GB/30-day plan at $22.00 sits comfortably in the middle of the market, and the app experience is the smoothest of any provider in this comparison, which matters if this is your first time setting up a travel eSIM.

Nomad eSIM is consistently cheaper than Airalo at every size we compared — 3GB for 30 days at $15.00 against Airalo's $22.00 for slightly more data at 5GB, and a 10GB/30-day plan at $29.00 that beats Airalo's equivalent 10GB tier at $35.00. Nomad doesn't sell an Unlimited plan for Guatemala, so it's best for travelers who already have a rough sense of how much data their trip needs. Real discount code active:

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Saily keeps its Guatemala lineup deliberately simple — just three plans, but priced tightly and clearly: 1GB for 7 days at $5.99, 3GB for 30 days at $16.99, and 5GB for 30 days at $24.99. If you don't want to comb through a long list of near-identical options, Saily's short, clean lineup is genuinely easier to shop from, even if it isn't always the single cheapest number on this page. Real discount code active:

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Orbit Mobile posts one of the cheapest real 30-day plans we found anywhere in our Guatemala data — 1GB for a full month at just $5.50. Its pricing holds up further up the range too: 5GB/30 days at $20.00 and 10GB/30 days at $33.00 are both competitive with much bigger names. Orbit Mobile only sells four plan sizes for Guatemala, so it's the pick if a fixed monthly allowance covers your trip and you don't need Airalo or Yatelo's more granular options.

Yatelo has, by far, the deepest lineup of any provider in this comparison — real plans for Guatemala at nearly every tier, including several near-duplicate options at different price points (a useful reminder to actually compare before buying, since Yatelo's own 1GB/7-day listings vary depending on which one you land on). At its best, Yatelo undercuts almost everyone on short-trip data — but its pricing gets noticeably steeper on longer Unlimited plans, where its 30-day Unlimited option runs up to $127.33, among the priciest in our entire dataset. Stick to Yatelo for shorter, fixed-data plans rather than long Unlimited stays.

Why the prices vary this much

A month of data in Guatemala costs as little as $5.50 from Orbit Mobile and many times that for some Unlimited options from other providers — and that gap comes down to two different things. First, fixed-data and Unlimited plans are genuinely different products: Unlimited plans cost more because the provider is taking on the risk of unpredictable usage, not because they're padding the price. Second, every eSIM reseller here buys wholesale data access from Guatemala's mobile networks (or from an aggregator) and marks it up differently depending on their own business model — some providers, like Orbit Mobile, are built around being the cheapest fixed-data option on the market, while others like Airalo carry a bigger support and brand operation on top of the same underlying network access.

Which plan fits your trip

• A few days in Antigua: Yatelo's 1GB/7-day plan at $3.42 covers maps, messaging, and photo uploads if you're mostly on hotel WiFi.
• A week including Tikal and Lake Atitlán: Yatelo's or Saily's 1GB/7-day plans — enough for navigation and social media across a busier itinerary without paying for data you won't use.
• Two to three weeks touring the whole country: Orbit Mobile's or Nomad's 30-day fixed plans (5-10GB) are the best value we found for a longer, moderate-usage trip.
• Heavy streaming, video calls, or working remotely: Airalo's Unlimited plan removes the guesswork, at a real premium over fixed-data pricing — worth it specifically if you know you'll use enough data to justify it.

If you're planning a volcano hike near Antigua (Acatenango and Pacaya are the two most popular), don't count on data at all once you're above the treeline — pack offline maps in advance and treat any eSIM plan as coverage for before and after the hike, not during it. The same goes for the more remote stretches of road between Guatemala City and Tikal, where coverage can drop out for long stretches regardless of which provider you choose.

A few practical notes

Every plan listed here is data-only — none of these providers include a Guatemalan phone number, so you'll still need WhatsApp, iMessage, or your home SIM for calls and texts. Double-check your phone is eSIM-compatible and unlocked before you travel (our compatibility guide walks through how), and install the eSIM profile over WiFi before you fly — Guatemala's airport and rural WiFi can be inconsistent, and you'll want the eSIM already active rather than troubleshooting it on arrival.

New to eSIMs? Our guide to how eSIMs actually work covers installation and compatibility before you fly. You can also browse the full, live list of Guatemala eSIM plans any time — prices update automatically.