Cairns eSIM
In Cairns you connect to Telstra or Optus, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 76 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Telstra and Optus
- Real speed in Australia
- 76 Mbps median, 20 Mbps for the slowest tenth1,088 travellers across Australia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Cairns
| 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 Australia compares across Oceania
- Speed rank
- 1 of 10 destinations we sell in Oceania
- Regional median
- 30.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 26 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Telstra, Optus
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next slowest nearby
- New Zealand, 68 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 5: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Perth
- tenth percentile
- 20 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 1088 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Cairns Airport (CNS)
- Airport
- CNS / YBCS
- Distance
- 7 km from the centre of Cairns
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalSelect 'Airport Free Wifi'; the airport promotes one hour of free wifi.
Getting into Cairns
- Private shuttle bus operators serving the terminals (CNS)
- Taxi and rideshare from the terminals (CNS)
Worth knowing about Cairns
- Cairns Airport sits 7 km north of the city centre and there is no rail link, so every arrival is a road transfer.
- The free airport wifi is capped at one hour, so it will not carry a traveller through a long connection.
- The airport has two separate passenger terminals, T1 for international and T2 for domestic flights.
- The airport's own list of passenger services covers baggage, luggage storage, accessibility and roving Airport Ambassadors but names no mobile operator counter.