Guatemala international travel guide in 2021

Guatemala 🇬🇹

Guatemala is part of North America with main city at Guatemala City. It's usually 🌤️ 24.24 °C in Guatemala with a rainfall of 🌧 418.31 mm. Internet speed in Guatemala is on average 3.1 Mbps. Its Developing country with a population of 16M people. The main currency is Quetzal. The languages spoken are Spanish. Automatic teller machines are common in Guatemala. Current travel safety advice is Do not travel. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.

👍 Developing 🌤️ ~24.24 °C 🌧 ~418.31 mm 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 16M people

Travel restrictions

Advice

🛡️ Travel safety

Do not travel

Non-essential travel is restricted at Mexico’s land borders with Guatemala, you should depart Guatemala by air. The nation-wide curfew has been lifted. Business and other activity restrictions in each municipality are based on a traffic light system. You must wear a face mask when outside and maintain social distancing. If you don't comply, you could be fined or arrested. We continue to advise: Do not travel to Guatemala due to the health risks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant disruptions to global travel.

Issue date: March 23, 2021

Weather

🌤️ Temperature

🌧 Rainfall

General

🔌 Sockets

Guatemala uses 120V, 60Hz with sockets and plugs Type A and Type B.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Spanish

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Guatemala uses the Guatemalan quetzal (symbol: Q), code GTQ.Banknotes come in denominations of 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 quetzals and 50 centavos. Quetzal is subdivided into 100 centavos. Coins come in denominations of 1 quetzal and 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 centavos.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are common in Guatemala. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.

Calling

📡 Internet

Internet speed in Guatemala is on average 3.1 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Guatemala is low. It is not as easy to find one.

📱 Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about 140.54 GTQ, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 3 telecoms: Claro, Movistar or Tigo. Guatemala uses GSM mobile networks GSM 850, GSM 900 and GSM 1900. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Guatemala upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.

📞 Calling

To call Guatemala, dial +, then 502 (the country code for Guatemala), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within Guatemala, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 2 .

Driving