Quick Facts About Grenada
General Information
- • Capital: St. George’s
- • Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
- • Language: English
- • Population: about 114,600 (2024 estimate)
- • Three islands: Grenada, Carriacou, Petite Martinique
- • Time Zone: AST (UTC−4), no daylight saving
Travel Information
- • Hurricane season: early June to the end of November
- • Power plug: Type G, 230 V / 50 Hz
- • Emergency: 911
- • Calling code: +1 473
- • Airport: GND, Maurice Bishop International, St. George’s
Population from Wikipedia (2024 estimate); hurricane season dates and the 911 emergency number from the Government of Canada travel advice for Grenada; voltage and plug type from Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country. Checked 12 September 2026.
Which Network Your Plan Actually Uses
This is the one thing worth reading twice. Grenada has two mobile operators, Flow (Cable & Wireless) and Digicel, and an eSIM does not give you a free choice between them. Each plan carries a fixed roaming agreement. Buying the wrong assumption here is how people end up “manually selecting” a network their plan can never register on.
| Plan family | Network in Grenada | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Our own Grenada country plans | Flow | 1 GB to 20 GB, 7 to 30 days |
| Airalo-sourced Grenada country plans | Digicel | 1 GB to 20 GB, 5 to 365 days |
| Caribbean Islands regional | Digicel | Grenada is genuinely on the list; the only unlimited tier that reaches Grenada |
| Discover / Discover+ global | Flow and Digicel, depending on the product | Worth it only if Grenada is one leg of a much longer trip |
Taken from our own coverage tables on 12 September 2026. All seventeen Grenada rows in our esimfly network data name Flow and only Flow; every GD row for the Airalo Grenada and Caribbean Islands plans names Digicel. We are not publishing per-operator speed claims because we have no measurement of our own to back them.
Flow
Cable & Wireless, trading as Flow across the Eastern Caribbean
- • The network our own Grenada plans register on
- • Also fixed broadband and TV on the island, which is why you see the name everywhere
- • If your plan is one of ours and the phone asks, this is the name to pick
Digicel
Caribbean-wide operator, present in Grenada
- • The network behind the Airalo Grenada plans
- • Also the network behind the Caribbean Islands regional plan
- • Pick this one manually only if your plan actually lists it
Why an eSIM Makes Sense in Grenada
What an eSIM gives you
- • Working data from the moment you land at GND
- • No dealer visit in opening hours with your passport
- • Your usual number stays live for WhatsApp and two-factor codes
- • One plan can cover several islands if you buy the regional package
- • Nothing to lose, swap or forget in a beach bag
What a local SIM gives you
- • A Grenadian number, which an eSIM does not provide
- • Usually better value over several weeks
- • Local top-ups once you are on the island
- • But: passport registration, in a shop, in opening hours
- • And: official travel advice describes road conditions as poor, so the errand is not trivial
Navigation matters here
Canadian travel advice calls Grenada’s roads narrow and winding with common blind corners on mountain routes. Live maps earn their keep.
Weather changes plans
Hurricane season runs from early June to the end of November. Being able to read a forecast or a flight change in real time is the practical case for data.
Diving and boat days
Bookings, pickup times and weather calls all happen by phone or message. Do not count on a dive boat having Wi-Fi of its own.
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How to Install Your Grenada eSIM
Four steps, about three minutes
- Choose: a Grenada country plan, or the Caribbean Islands regional plan if you are visiting more than one island
- Receive: the QR code and instructions arrive by email straight away
- Install: Settings → Mobile Data → Add eSIM, and scan the code — at home, on Wi-Fi you trust
- Activate: turn data roaming on for the eSIM line once you land at GND
Do the install before you fly. Downloading the eSIM profile itself needs a connection you do not have yet when you land. If you are already in Grenada, use your accommodation’s Wi-Fi to finish the install — it works, it is just a slower start to the trip.
Network Coverage Across Grenada
Both operators build where people live, which on Grenada means the south-west: St. George’s, the Grand Anse and Lance aux Epines corridor, and the road that rings the coast. The interior is volcanic, steep and forested, and terrain does what terrain always does to a mobile signal.
Where you should expect service
- • St. George’s and the Carenage
- • Grand Anse and the southern hotel strip
- • The cruise terminal and Esplanade
- • Grenville, Gouyave, Sauteurs and the coast road between them
- • The sheltered west coast off Molinere
Where you should not count on it
- • Inside the Grand Etang forest reserve, away from the road
- • The Seven Sisters and Concord trail approaches
- • Deep valleys and the lee side of ridges
- • Well offshore, beyond the coastal strip
- • Uninhabited cays in the Grenadine chain
Carriacou and Petite Martinique: read this before you go
Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Carriacou as a Category 4 hurricane on 1 July 2024. Around 99% of buildings on Carriacou and about 70% on Petite Martinique were damaged or destroyed, the electricity grid on both islands was severely disrupted, and on mainland Grenada roughly 95% of residents lost power and telecommunications stopped working. Rebuilding has been under way since. A Grenada country plan is still the correct product for the sister islands, but plan around recovering infrastructure: download offline maps, and do not treat connectivity there as equivalent to Grand Anse.
Source: Wikipedia, Hurricane Beryl. Checked 12 September 2026.
Data Plan Recommendations by Travel Type
Beach and south coast
Grand Anse, Morne Rouge, Lance aux Epines and the restaurants around them
What it actually involves:
- •Maps and taxi arrangements by message
- •Weather and sea-state checks before boat days
- •Photo sharing, but cap the automatic backups
- •Table bookings, which are often WhatsApp only
Rainforest and waterfalls
Grand Etang, Seven Sisters, Concord and the interior ridges
What it actually involves:
- •Download offline maps before you leave the coast road
- •Expect gaps inland — plan for them rather than around them
- •Tell someone your route before you set off
- •Save the photo uploads for when you are back down
Sailing and diving
Molinere, the south coast dive sites and the run up the Grenadine chain
What it actually involves:
- •Marine forecasts and charter coordination
- •No signal underwater, and no guaranteed boat Wi-Fi
- •Video files are the real data cost, not the photos
- •If the trip crosses other islands, price the Caribbean Islands regional plan
Spice estates and culture
Nutmeg and cocoa estates, Fort George, River Antoine, Spicemas in August
What it actually involves:
- •Tour operators and estates are reachable by phone and message
- •Opening hours change; check the day before, not the week before
- •Expect congestion in carnival crowds
- •Cache directions before you go into a crowd
Making a Grenada plan go further
Save data
- • Use your accommodation’s Wi-Fi for backups and updates
- • Download maps for the whole island before you land
- • Turn off automatic photo and video upload on mobile data
- • Cache playlists and anything you want on a beach day
Set expectations
- • The network is built around the populated south-west and the coast road
- • Signal drops inland, in the forest reserve and behind ridges
- • Carriacou and Petite Martinique are still rebuilding after Hurricane Beryl in July 2024
- • Manually pick only the operator your own plan lists
Not sure whether a country plan or the Caribbean Islands regional plan is the better buy for your route? Both are live, and the prices above are pulled from the real catalogue.
Compare All Grenada PlansEssential Travel Tips for Grenada
Connectivity
- • Check which operator your plan lists before you fly
- • Turn data roaming on for the eSIM line — a roaming eSIM is a roaming line
- • Download offline maps before any inland hike
- • Turn off automatic photo backup on mobile data
- • A waterproof case is worth more here than a bigger data bundle
On the island
- • Hurricane season is early June to the end of November
- • Official advice on roads is blunt: narrow, winding, poor, and worse after dark
- • On food and water, Canadian travel advice is “boil it, cook it, peel it, or leave it”; bottled water is widely sold
- • Wearing camouflage clothing is illegal — see the rules section below
- • Dress is casual, but cover up away from the beach
Must-Visit Attractions
Natural Wonders
- 🏖️ Grand Anse Beach: the long white-sand bay south of the capital
- 💦 Seven Sisters Falls: a walk-in waterfall chain in the interior
- 🌳 Grand Etang: crater lake and forest reserve
- 🤿 Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park: see below
Cultural Experiences
- 🌶️ Spice estates: nutmeg and cocoa, the reason for the island’s nickname
- 🏰 Fort George: above the Carenage in St. George’s
- 🎭 Spicemas: Grenada’s carnival, in August
- 🍹 River Antoine Estate: a working rum distillery in St. Patrick
The underwater sculpture park, accurately
The Molinere park lies off Grenada’s west coast and opened in May 2006 as the world’s first underwater sculpture park, created by the British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor. It now holds more than sixty-five concrete sculptures across upwards of 800 square metres, built to seed coral growth and take pressure off the natural reefs. You will have signal on the boat and none at all below the surface; upload once you are back on deck.
Source: Wikipedia, Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park.
Troubleshooting Guide
No service after landing
Almost always data roaming left off on the eSIM line. A roaming eSIM is a roaming line: it will not pass data until roaming is enabled for that specific line. Turn it on, then toggle airplane mode for fifteen seconds.
Still nothing, and the phone wants a manual network choice
Set network selection to manual and pick the operator your plan lists — Flow if you bought one of our own Grenada or Discover Global plans, Digicel if you bought an Airalo Grenada plan or the Caribbean Islands regional plan. Choosing the other one will not work: your plan has no agreement with it. If you are unsure which you bought, check the plan page before you start experimenting.
Slow data
Most often congestion — a cruise call, a carnival crowd, a busy hotel strip in high season — or terrain, if you have driven inland. Move, wait, or use the Wi-Fi where you are staying. Manually forcing a network you are not entitled to is not a fix.
The bundle empties faster than expected
Usually background activity: photo library sync, app updates, cloud backup. Grenada is a place people take a lot of photos and video, so one overnight sync can swallow a 1 or 3 GB plan whole. Turn off automatic uploads on mobile data before you arrive.
No signal on a rainforest trail
Expected, not a fault. Grand Etang and the waterfall trails run through steep forest away from the coastal road where the network is built. Cache your maps, tell someone your route, and do not rely on a phone as your only safety plan inland.
Emergency Contacts in Grenada
Emergency numbers
- 📞 Police: 911 (headquarters +1 473 440-3999)
- 🔥 Fire: 911 (or +1 473 440-2112)
- 🚑 Ambulance, St. George’s: 434
- 🚑 Ambulance, Princess Alice: 724
- 🚑 Ambulance, Princess Royal (Carriacou): 774
- ⚓ Coast Guard: 399 (or +1 473 444-1931)
Hospitals and useful numbers
- 🏥 General Hospital: +1 473 440-2051
- 🏥 Princess Alice Hospital: +1 473 442-7251
- 🏥 Princess Royal Hospital: +1 473 443-7400
- ℹ️ Grenada Tourism Authority: +1 473 440-2001
- 🆘 Domestic violence: 411 • Child protection: 677
Source: Government of Grenada, Emergency Services (gov.gd/resident/emergency-services), and the Grenada Tourism Authority (puregrenada.com). Checked 12 September 2026. The commonly republished “Coast Guard 439” is wrong; the government lists 399. Emergency calls work without an active data plan.
Local Rules & Etiquette
Camouflage clothing is illegal. This is not folklore.
UK government travel advice for Grenada states that “it’s illegal for anyone, including children, to dress in camouflage clothing”, and Canadian advice adds that it is also illegal for civilians to import camouflage material. Leave camouflage-patterned clothing, backpacks and even children’s items at home; this catches visitors out every year across the Eastern Caribbean.
Worth doing
- ✅ Greet people before asking for something — it genuinely changes the answer
- ✅ Ask before photographing people
- ✅ Cover up away from the beach and in town
- ✅ Buy nutmeg, cocoa and rum from the estates themselves
- ✅ Follow the food and water advice in your own government’s guidance
Worth avoiding
- ❌ Camouflage anything, for anyone, at any age
- ❌ Touching or standing on coral, at Molinere or anywhere else
- ❌ Driving mountain roads after dark if you can avoid it
- ❌ Leaving valuables on the beach while you swim
- ❌ Assuming card payment everywhere — carry some EC dollars
Camouflage rule from UK FCDO travel advice for Grenada and the Government of Canada travel advice for Grenada; road and water guidance from the latter. Checked 12 September 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which network does a Grenada eSIM actually connect to?
It depends on which plan you buy, and the honest answer matters here because Grenada has two operators. Our own Grenada country plans and our Discover Global plans register on Flow (Cable & Wireless) — every single coverage row we hold for Grenada names Flow and nothing else. The Airalo-sourced Grenada plans and the Caribbean Islands regional plans register on Digicel. The Discover and Discover+ global plans list both. So if your phone ever asks you to choose a network by hand in Grenada, the right answer is whichever operator your specific plan lists, not "whichever has more bars".
Does a Caribbean regional plan really cover Grenada?
Yes. The Caribbean Islands regional package in our catalogue includes Grenada, and it runs on Digicel. It is live in sizes from 1 GB up to 10 GB, plus a 7-day unlimited tier, which is the only unlimited option that reaches Grenada at all. If Grenada is one stop on an island-hopping trip, price the regional plan against the country plan before you buy — both are real products and the regional one is not always the more expensive of the two once you count a second island.
Will my Grenada plan work on Carriacou and Petite Martinique?
Carriacou and Petite Martinique are part of Grenada, they use the same country dialling code and the same mobile networks, so a Grenada country plan is the correct product for them. Set expectations about the infrastructure, though: Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Carriacou as a Category 4 hurricane on 1 July 2024, damaging or destroying around 99% of buildings on Carriacou and about 70% on Petite Martinique, and telecommunications on mainland Grenada stopped working at the peak of the storm. Rebuilding has been under way since. Treat the sister islands as recovering infrastructure rather than as a guaranteed equivalent of the Grand Anse corridor, and carry offline maps.
Is there coverage at the underwater sculpture park?
On the boat and at the surface, yes — the Molinere park sits just off the west coast of Grenada, a short run north of St. George’s, well inside the populated coastal strip. Underwater, obviously not: no mobile network reaches through seawater. The park opened in May 2006 as the world’s first underwater sculpture park, the work of British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, and now holds more than sixty-five concrete sculptures doubling as an artificial reef. Plan to upload once you are back on deck or back on shore, and do not assume a dive boat has its own Wi-Fi.
How much data do I need for a week in Grenada?
Less than a city break, because most of what you do on Grenada happens outdoors and offline. For a week of messaging, email, maps and a normal amount of photo sharing, 2 to 3 GB is comfortable. Push it to 5 to 10 GB if you are backing up dive or drone footage, working remotely, or video-calling home daily. Our Grenada country plans run from 1 GB up to 20 GB, and the Caribbean Islands regional plan is where you will find an unlimited tier.
Will my eSIM work during Spicemas?
Yes, the network does not change for carnival. Expect the same thing you would expect at any large outdoor event anywhere: a lot of handsets in a small area competing for the same cells, which usually shows up as slower data rather than as no service. Download anything you actually need — maps, tickets, meeting points — before you go into the crowd, and agree a physical meeting spot with your group so a slow connection is an inconvenience rather than a problem.
Is my phone going to support an eSIM?
Broadly: iPhone XS and XR and later, Samsung Galaxy S20 and later, Google Pixel 3 and later, and most flagship handsets from 2020 onwards. The reliable check is to look for an EID number under Settings, About phone. One trap catches people out repeatedly: a handset bought on contract and never unlocked can refuse a second profile even when the hardware supports eSIM. Check that at home, not at the airport.
Should I just buy a local SIM when I arrive instead?
For a long stay it is a fair option, and it gives you a Grenadian number, which an eSIM does not. What it costs you is a shop visit in opening hours with your passport, on an island where road conditions are described as poor by official travel advice and where the drive from the airport to your accommodation is not somewhere you want to be hunting for a dealer. For a week or two, landing already connected is usually worth more than the local number.
Land in Grenada Already Connected
Country plans from 1 GB to 20 GB, a Caribbean Islands regional option if you are hopping between islands, and live prices either way.
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