Arequipa eSIM
In Arequipa you connect to Claro or Movistar, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 35 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Claro and Movistar
- Real speed in Peru
- 35 Mbps median, 8 Mbps for the slowest tenth708 travellers across Peru, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Arequipa
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $9.89 | $9.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $6.30 | $18.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $5.18 | $25.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $4.39 | $43.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.04 | $80.89 |
How Peru compares across South America
- Speed rank
- 5 of 10 destinations we sell in South America
- Regional median
- 34.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 23 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Claro, Movistar
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Colombia, 38 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Ecuador, 34 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Lima, Cusco, Arequipa
- tenth percentile
- 8 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 708 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)
- Airport
- AQP / SPQU
- Distance
- 8 km from the centre of Arequipa
Worth knowing about Arequipa
- Arequipa's airport sits at about 2,600 m above sea level.
- It is the main gateway for Peru's second-largest city, handling about 1.98 million passengers in 2023.
- Arequipa's public transport is bus-based; the city has modernised its bus fleet and introduced electric buses.
- Two paved roads reach Rodriguez Ballon airport: the Ayacucho and Puente Grau route of about 8 km, and the longer Avenida Parra Uchumayo bypass of about 16 km.
- Arequipa's SIT buses charge S/1.30 in cash, S/1.50 through the Yape payment app and S/2.00 at night. The municipal transport office can fine operators up to S/2,750 for overcharging.
- Arequipa's flat S/1.30 bus fare is due to be replaced by zone based pricing once the SIT system reaches its planned operative phase, according to the city's municipal transport manager.
- Six Arequipa SIT bus concessionaires lost the right to charge S/1.30 and had to revert to S/1.00 from 3 August 2026, after the municipality found they had not met the agreed conditions.
- Peru's regulator OSIPTEL says a visitor roaming on a home carrier need do nothing, but a phone used with a Peruvian SIM must have its IMEI on the register of valid equipment.
- Rodriguez Ballon airport operates 06:00 to 22:00. Air traffic control, communications, meteorology and aeronautical information all run on that same daily schedule, per operator CORPAC.
- CORPAC lists LATAM, Sky Airline and JetSmart as the scheduled carriers at Arequipa, alongside the charter operators ATSA and Air Majoro.
- Protests on 19 January 2023 damaged the airport's approach lighting and closed it until 25 January. CORPAC recorded normal day and night operations restored by March 2024.
- Rodriguez Ballon has a single asphalt runway, 10/28, measuring 2,980 by 45 metres, according to CORPAC's technical fact sheet for the airport.