Montevideo eSIM
In Montevideo you connect to Antel or Movistar, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 48 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Antel and Movistar
- Real speed in Uruguay
- 48 Mbps median, 12 Mbps for the slowest tenth246 travellers across Uruguay, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Montevideo
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $10.89 | $10.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $7.63 | $22.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $6.98 | $34.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $5.69 | $56.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $4.94 | $98.89 |
How Uruguay compares across South America
- Speed rank
- 3 of 10 destinations we sell in South America
- Regional median
- 34.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 25 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Antel, Movistar
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Brazil, 49 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Colombia, 38 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Montevideo, Punta del Este
- tenth percentile
- 12 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 246 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Carrasco International Airport (MVD)
- Airport
- MVD / SUMU
- Distance
- 19 km from the centre of Montevideo
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalFree Wi-Fi portal with coverage across the whole airport ("portal de Free Wifi para conectarse a internet con alcance en todo el Aeropuerto").
- SIM on arrival
- SIM counters or vending in the terminalANTEL, the state telecom operator, has a counter in the Arrivals Hall, Monday to Friday 07:00-19:00.
Getting into Montevideo
- Montevideo city bus lines 700, 704, 710, 711, 724, C1 and DM1 serving Carrasco Airport (MVD)
- COPSA, COT SA, CUTCSA and Turismar coaches from the airport terminal (MVD)
- Taxis Aeropuerto desk in the Arrivals Hall, open 24/7 (MVD)
Worth knowing about Montevideo
- ANTEL, Uruguay's state telecom, staffs a counter in the Carrasco Airport Arrivals Hall from Monday to Friday, 07:00 to 19:00 - outside those hours there is no telecom desk listed in the terminal.
- Uruguay's mobile market is served by three operators - ANTEL, Movistar and Claro - according to the regulator URSEC.
- Carrasco Airport runs a free Wi-Fi portal covering the entire airport, so an arriving traveller can get online before leaving the terminal.
- Montevideo's city government lists buses, car rental, taxis and remises as the ways to reach the city centre from Carrasco, and puts the terminal 23 km from the centre by road.
- Montevideo has no metro or underground rail, so there is no tunnel section where a mobile signal would drop between the airport and the city.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Uruguay we cover
- Punta del Este
- 114 km from Montevideo, nearest airport PDP