Punta del Este eSIM
In Punta del Este 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 Punta del Este
| 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 Capitan de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (Laguna del Sauce) (PDP)
- Airport
- PDP / SULS
- Distance
- 20 km from the centre of Punta del Este
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalFree Wi-Fi portal with coverage across the whole airport.
Getting into Punta del Este
- Ruta 93 km 113 (Maldonado) to the Punta del Este peninsula, about 20 km (PDP)
- Montevideo to Punta del Este by road, approximately 135 km (MVD)
- COPSA coaches, which connect Montevideo (including Carrasco Airport) with Maldonado (MVD)
Worth knowing about Punta del Este
- The airport sits at Ruta 93 km 113 in Maldonado, about 20 km from the Punta del Este peninsula - it is not walking distance from the resort.
- Many Punta del Este arrivals come through Montevideo instead: the road distance from Montevideo to Punta del Este is approximately 135 km.
- Punta del Este airport provides a free Wi-Fi portal covering the whole terminal.
- The airport's own services page lists only a Global Exchange currency desk (open three hours before each flight) and View Point food outlets - no telecom or SIM counter is listed, unlike Carrasco which has an ANTEL desk.
- Uruguay's mobile market is served by three operators - ANTEL, Movistar and Claro - according to the regulator URSEC.
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Other cities in Uruguay we cover
- Montevideo
- 114 km from Punta del Este, nearest airport MVD