Kuala Lumpur eSIM
In Kuala Lumpur you connect to Maxis or Celcom, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 61 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Maxis and Celcom
- Real speed in Malaysia
- 61 Mbps median, 18 Mbps for the slowest tenth906 travellers across Malaysia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Kuala Lumpur
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.96 | $8.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.18 | $10.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.59 | $15.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $0.94 | $46.89 |
How Malaysia compares across Asia
- Speed rank
- 7 of 26 destinations we sell in Asia
- Regional median
- 44 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 30 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Maxis, Celcom
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Japan, 74 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Brunei, 58 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi
- tenth percentile
- 18 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 906 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (KUL)
- Airport
- KUL / WMKK
- Distance
- 45 km from the centre of Kuala Lumpur
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalFree Wi-Fi across public areas of both terminals, with sessions capped at 240 minutes.
- SIM on arrival
- SIM counters or vending in the terminalMobile operator counters (Maxis/Hotlink, CelcomDigi) are in the arrival halls near baggage reclaim.
- Also serves
- Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang) (SZB)
Getting into Kuala Lumpur
- KLIA Ekspres non-stop to KL Sentral (KUL), about 28 minutes
Underground and on the metro
Klang Valley Integrated Transit System (Rapid KL) runs 12 lines. It opened in 1995. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Kuala Lumpur
- KLIA is about 45 km south of Kuala Lumpur; the KLIA Ekspres covers the 57 km of track non-stop in 28 minutes from Terminal 1 and 33 minutes from Terminal 2.
- Malaysian prepaid SIMs bought by tourists are capped at three months validity and require an original passport at registration, with no photocopies accepted.
- Airport Wi-Fi sessions at KLIA are limited to four hours, which is shorter than many long layovers there.