SMS API for Guatemala: bulk SMS to +502 numbers

Guatemala, located in Central America, has Guatemala City as its capital and an economy driven by agriculture, textiles, and tourism. Businesses such as banks, delivery services, and healthcare providers send SMS messages to their customers. These messages are triggered by events like payment confirmations, delivery updates, or appointment reminders. SMS is chosen because it reaches all mobile phones, including basic devices, and is widely read quickly, even in rural areas.

Guatemala

Calling code +502

Per SMS segment
$0.00847
Messages for $100
11,806
Local language
Spanish
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Guatemala costs

Every message is priced at $0.00847 per segment to Guatemala. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.00847$0.01694
1,000$8.47$16.94
10,000$84.70$169.40
100,000$847.00$1,694.00

Number format in Guatemala

Mobile numbers in Guatemala have 8 digits after +502 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 5123 4567 becomes +502 5123 4567 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in Spanish fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use á, í, ó and ú: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.

Time zone and timing

Guatemala keeps UTC-6 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Guatemala is always 15:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Guatemala with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (GT) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+50251234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Guatemala

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Guatemala.

Payment confirmations

Banks in Guatemala City send SMS alerts to customers confirming successful transactions or bill payments.

Delivery updates

Courier services in Quetzaltenango notify customers about the status of their package deliveries.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Antigua send SMS reminders to patients about upcoming medical appointments.

Service alerts

Utility companies in Escuintla notify customers about planned outages or maintenance work.

SMS to Guatemala: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Guatemala?

Each message segment to Guatemala costs $0.00847. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $8.47 and 10,000 cost $84.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Guatemala does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 11,806 one-segment messages to Guatemala at $0.00847 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Guatemala numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +502 5123 4567 becomes "+50251234567" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Which language should SMS messages be sent in?

Spanish is the official language and widely understood across the country.

How can SMS reach rural areas effectively?

SMS works well in rural regions like Petén, where mobile penetration is high, and internet access is limited.

Start sending to Guatemala

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Guatemala at $0.00847 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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