HOUSTON · TX · FCC DATA

Best cell phone coverage in Houston Houston, Texas

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon all report outdoor coverage of between 99.9% and 100% of Houston, TX, so no carrier wins on outdoor coverage here.

Carrier-reported coverage from FCC carrier filings as of December 31, 2025, not measured signal. How these figures are read

RESULT · HOUSTON, TX

Coverage in Houston, TX

Population 2,390,125 (Census 2024 estimate)

What stands out in Houston

  • T-Mobile reports 94.9% of Houston in a moving car, against 32.6% of Texas as a whole.
  • 5G at 35/3 Mbps covers 98.9% of Houston, against 61.9% of Texas.
  • Across Harris County as a whole the three carriers report within 5 points of their Houston figures, outdoors and in a car.
✓ ALL THREE WITHIN 0.1 POINTS
All three carriers
99.9–100%

AT&T vs T-Mobile vs Verizon in Houston

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Verizon
Outdoor
100%
In car
95.2%
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T-Mobile
Outdoor
100%
In car
94.9%
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AT&T
Outdoor
99.9%
In car
97.8%

4G and 5G across all carriers in Houston

4G LTE
100%
5G 7/1
100%
5G 35/3
98.9%

Check your street on each carrier's map

Verizon coverage map → T-Mobile coverage map → AT&T coverage map →

Questions about coverage in Houston

Q1

How does Houston compare with the rest of Texas?

Outdoors Verizon 100% (state 86.8%), T-Mobile 100% (state 72.3%), AT&T 99.9% (state 84.1%); in a moving car AT&T 97.8% (state 52.1%), Verizon 95.2% (state 40.5%), T-Mobile 94.9% (state 32.6%).

ZIP codes mostly inside Houston

77002, 77003, 77004, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77024, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77031, 77032, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77042, 77043, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77051, 77054 and 33 more.

See the statewide Texas comparison, or coverage in Dallas, Arlington, Irving, Frisco, McKinney, Amarillo, McAllen, Abilene, Pearland, Odessa, Beaumont, Edinburg.

Cities with figures closest to Houston's: Cincinnati, OH, Washington, DC, Davie, FL, Orange, CA, Salem, OR.