Sao Paulo eSIM
In Sao Paulo you connect to Vivo or Claro, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 49 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Vivo and Claro
- Real speed in Brazil
- 49 Mbps median, 12 Mbps for the slowest tenth1,744 travellers across Brazil, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Sao Paulo
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $7.89 | $7.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $4.96 | $14.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $4.38 | $21.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $3.39 | $33.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $2.99 | $59.89 |
How Brazil compares across South America
- Speed rank
- 2 of 10 destinations we sell in South America
- Regional median
- 34.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Vivo, Claro
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Chile, 52 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Uruguay, 48 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 4: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Florianopolis
- tenth percentile
- 12 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 1744 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Sao Paulo/Guarulhos-Governador Andre Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)
- Airport
- GRU / SBGR
- Distance
- 25 km from the centre of Sao Paulo
- Also serves
- Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport (CGH), Viracopos International Airport (Campinas) (VCP)
Getting into Sao Paulo
- CPTM Line 13-Jade, Expresso Aeroporto from Palmeiras-Barra Funda to Aeroporto-Guarulhos (GRU)
- GRU Airport People Mover between the terminals and Aeroporto-Guarulhos station (GRU)
- Bandeirantes-Anhanguera highway complex from Viracopos to Sao Paulo (VCP)
Underground and on the metro
Sao Paulo Metro runs 8 lines. It opened in 1974. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Sao Paulo
- Congonhas lost its international designation in 2008 and now handles domestic flights only, on a curfew from 06:00 to 22:30 and with runways of only 1,883 m and 1,495 m.
- Viracopos, used by several low-cost and cargo operators, is 82 km northwest of Sao Paulo and 20 km from Campinas, so arriving there means a long road transfer rather than a short hop.
- The airport train to Guarulhos is hourly rather than turn-up-and-go: the Expresso Aeroporto leaves Palmeiras-Barra Funda and Aeroporto-Guarulhos once an hour between 05:00 and midnight.
- Guarulhos terminals are not at the train station; a separate People Mover links them to Aeroporto-Guarulhos on CPTM Line 13.
- Sao Paulo's rapid transit is split between operators: the Metro company runs Lines 1, 2, 3 and 15, while Lines 4, 5, 6 and 17 are run by separate concessionaires.
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Other cities in Brazil we cover
- Rio de Janeiro
- 360 km from Sao Paulo, nearest airport SDU
- Florianopolis
- 489 km from Sao Paulo, nearest airport FLN
- Salvador
- 1456 km from Sao Paulo, nearest airport SSA