Getting online in Mexico
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in Mexico without roaming charges and without hunting for a SIM counter at arrivals. Your home number stays where it is — the eSIM sits alongside it.
Plans, prices, data amounts and validity are set by our partner and shown on their own page. We do not repeat them here because they change and we do not measure them.
Where you land in Mexico
These are the airports in Mexico with scheduled flights and an IATA code. The minute you step off one of them is the minute an eSIM stops being optional.
| Airport | Code | City |
|---|---|---|
| Abraham González International Airport | CJS | Ciudad Juárez |
| Adolfo López Mateos International Airport | TLC | Toluca |
| Aguascalientes International Airport | AGU | Aguascalientes |
| Bachigualato Federal International Airport | CUL | Culiacán |
| Bahías de Huatulco International Airport | HUX | Huatulco |
| Cancún International Airport | CUN | Cancún |
| Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport | VSA | Villahermosa |
| Cozumel International Airport | CZM | Cozumel |
| Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum | TQO | Tulum |
| General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport | TIJ | Tijuana |
| General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport | MLM | Morelia |
| General Heriberto Jara International Airport | VER | Veracruz |
Where you will actually use the data
The largest towns and cities near those arrival airports, by population (GeoNames). Coverage is the partner's to state, not ours — this is simply where travellers in Mexico tend to be.
- Mexico City12 294 193 people
- Tijuana1 922 523 people
- Iztapalapa1 835 486 people
- Puebla1 692 181 people
- Ecatepec de Morelos1 645 352 people
- Santiago de Querétaro1 594 212 people
- León de los Aldama1 579 803 people
- Ciudad Juárez1 512 450 people
Before you buy
Two things worth checking on your own handset, because they decide whether any eSIM works at all: the phone must be eSIM capable, and it must be carrier unlocked. Most phones sold in the last few years are both; phones bought on a carrier contract often are not until the contract ends.
We do not test handsets and cannot tell you whether yours qualifies — your phone's settings screen and your carrier can.