Munich eSIM
In Munich you connect to Telekom or Vodafone, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 63 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Telekom and Vodafone
- Real speed in Germany
- 63 Mbps median, 15 Mbps for the slowest tenth2,690 travellers across Germany, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Munich
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $0.94 | $46.89 |
How Germany compares across Europe
- Speed rank
- 31 of 46 destinations we sell in Europe
- Regional median
- 71 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Telekom, Vodafone
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Czechia, 64 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Andorra, 61 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 4: Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne
- tenth percentile
- 15 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 2690 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Munich Airport Franz Josef Strauss (MUC)
- Airport
- MUC / EDDM
- Distance
- 28.5 km from the centre of Munich
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalThe airport's own wifi page names the network 'Free Wifi - Munich Airport' and gives the steps as opening a browser, selecting the network, entering an email address and accepting the terms and conditions.
Getting into Munich
- S-Bahn S1 and S8 to Munich Hauptbahnhof, S1 via the west of the city and S8 via the east (MUC), about 40 minutes
- Lufthansa Express Bus to Munich Hauptbahnhof (MUC), about 45 minutes
Underground and on the metro
Munich U-Bahn runs 8 lines. It opened in 1971. The operator states mobile coverage throughout the tunnels.
Worth knowing about Munich
- LTE went live across all eight U-Bahn lines on 31 March 2017, with equipment in the tunnels themselves and a 10 Gbit per second fibre line feeding it.
- The S1 and S8 alternate to give a train every 10 minutes, and the S8 runs 24 hours a day, dropping to every 40 minutes between 1am and 4am.
- Munich Airport opened on 17 May 1992, the day after Munich-Riem closed, and Terminal 2 followed on 29 June 2003.
- Airbrau, opened on 9 September 1999, is described by the airport as the world's first airport brewery, brewing strictly to the 1516 purity law.
- The S-Bahn station sits inside the Munich Airport Center, the covered complex that links the two terminals under a large transparent roof.