Lima eSIM
In Lima 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 Lima
| 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 Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)
- Airport
- LIM / SPJC
- Distance
- 11 km from the centre of Lima
Getting into Lima
- Airport Express Lima dedicated bus service (LIM)
- Airport taxi to Miraflores, San Isidro and the historic centre (LIM)
Underground and on the metro
Metro de Lima y Callao runs 2 lines. It opened in 2011. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Lima
- No highway, metro or public bus route reaches Jorge Chávez airport; access is by the dedicated Airport Express bus or by taxi.
- A replacement terminal opened at Jorge Chávez on 1 June 2025, a roughly $1.2 billion project.
- Lima's Line 1 is a 34.6 km elevated viaduct, while Line 2, opened on 21 December 2023, is entirely underground.
- Line 4, which will finally connect the metro to the airport, only began construction in 2024.