Price per GB
$6.16
Median mid-tier catalogue price.
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Tigo offers the widest network with strong national reach.
Panama has dependable 4G across Panama City, the canal area, Boquete and the main tourist regions, with 5G beginning to appear in the capital. Tigo and Mas Movil carry the widest coverage, including the popular Pacific and Caribbean spots. The realistic weak spots are the Darien jungle, the remote San Blas islands and the highland interior, where signal thins or drops between towns. For the city, the canal and the main tourist routes, connectivity is reliable.
Typical local SIM: $10-22. Usually sold at operator stores, supermarkets and shopping centres; airport counter at Panama City Tocumen. Panama uses the US dollar, and local SIMs are easy to buy with a passport. A travel eSIM still wins for short trips by working the moment you land. The San Blas islands have little signal on any network.
For a short trip a travel eSIM is the easiest choice. For a long stay a local Tigo SIM is cheaper per gigabyte.
the widest network with strong national reach, a strong single choice for touring.
good coverage in the cities and main tourist areas, a solid alternative.
you want to land connected at Tocumen without queuing, or you are combining the city, the canal and the coast on one trip.
you are staying a month or more and want the lowest price per gigabyte from a local Tigo pack.
No first-hand measurement has been published for Panama yet. This page will update automatically when a validated field test is added to the shared dataset.
Use this page to compare the current price per GB, network indicator, transparency signal and local-operator reference for Panama. It also links to a destination calculator and plan page.
It is the median price per GB of mid-tier plans in the live Panama catalogue. Small 1 GB teasers and 50 GB or larger bulk plans are excluded so the figure reflects a typical traveller choice.
The page shows the current 5G coverage indicator, a transparency score and the main local operator. These are destination-level signals, not a guarantee for every street or device.
The decision section compares the practical trade-offs. A travel eSIM is usually simpler for a short visit; a local SIM can make sense when you need a local number, longer service or local pricing. Check the current conditions before deciding.
Price per GB is the median of mid-tier plans from the live Panama catalogue. Network and transparency indicators come from the shared Drift dataset and are refreshed monthly.
Field measurements are published only after validation. Open dataset: data-americas.json.
Figures updated September 2026. Dataset license: CC BY 4.0.