Costa Rica eSIM
25 standard plans · 35 total
Free eSIM in Costa Rica — 500MB–1GB free for first-time users, claimed in the Wanderly app. No card.
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Total plan price
Price per GB
$3.60
- Coverage
- Single country
- Plan type
- Data only
- Top-up
- Available
- Activation
- On network connection
Available packages
What's Included
Costa Rica eSIM plans at a glance
Wanderly lists 25 fixed-data Costa Rica plans, ranging from 1GB up to 20GB over 7 to 365 days. Prices start at $4.99, and the lowest cost per gigabyte is $2.30/GB on the 20GB 30-day plan.
Unlimited day-passes are also available from $4.99 per day, billed per day rather than per gigabyte. All 35 Costa Rica plans can be topped up without reinstalling the eSIM.
Every plan is data-only and installs from a QR code, so your home number stays active on its own line. Validity starts when the eSIM first connects to a network in Costa Rica, not at purchase, which means you can install before you fly.
🇨🇷 About eSIMs in Costa Rica
Costa Rica coverage is strongest on Kolbi (ICE), the state carrier, with Liberty and Claro filling in the cities. Wanderly Costa Rica eSIMs use these tier-1 networks, so you get solid 4G in San José, La Fortuna, Monteverde, Tamarindo and Manuel Antonio, and usable signal on most of the Pacific coast road network.
Plan for gaps rather than being surprised by them: dense cloud forest, the Osa Peninsula and parts of the Caribbean side around Tortuguero have thin or no coverage regardless of carrier. Download offline maps for any drive between regions — the mountain routes to Monteverde and Rincón de la Vieja are where travelers most often lose signal.
For a typical 7–10 day trip with maps, WhatsApp and photo uploads, 5–10 GB is the sweet spot. Everything installs by QR code in about 90 seconds, so you land at SJO or LIR already connected.
How to activate your eSIM in Costa Rica
- 1Buy before you flyInstall on Wi-Fi at home. Your QR code arrives by email within a minute of purchase.
- 2Install the eSIMiPhone: Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM → Scan QR. Android: Settings → Network & internet → SIMs → Add eSIM.
- 3Land and switch dataAt SJO or LIR, cycle airplane mode, set Cellular Data to the Costa Rica eSIM and enable Data Roaming on that line.
- 4Download offline mapsBefore driving to Monteverde, La Fortuna or the Osa Peninsula, save offline maps — coverage thins out in the mountains and rainforest.
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