La Paz eSIM
In La Paz you connect to Entel or Tigo, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 27 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Entel and Tigo
- Real speed in Bolivia
- 27 Mbps median, 6 Mbps for the slowest tenth142 travellers across Bolivia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover La Paz
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $18.89 | $18.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $14.96 | $44.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $12.98 | $64.89 |
How Bolivia compares across South America
- Speed rank
- 9 of 10 destinations we sell in South America
- Regional median
- 34.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 22 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Entel, Tigo
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Paraguay, 31 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Guyana, 22 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: La Paz, Uyuni
- tenth percentile
- 6 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 142 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at El Alto International Airport (LPB)
- Airport
- LPB / SLLP
- Distance
- 13 km from the centre of La Paz
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalNAABOL, the Bolivian state airport operator, states that it provides free internet service inside its international airports.
Getting into La Paz
- Airport taxis from El Alto International (LPB)
Worth knowing about La Paz
- El Alto International Airport sits at 4,061 m (13,325 ft), the highest international airport in the world.
- The airport is not in La Paz itself but in the separate city of El Alto, about 13 km west and roughly 400 m higher than the La Paz city centre, which sits at around 3,600 m against El Alto's 4,000 m.
- La Paz has no metro or urban rail. The backbone of its public transport is Mi Teleferico, an aerial cable car network of 10 lines opened between 2014 and 2019, which runs above ground for its whole length.
- There is no cable car station at El Alto airport; the nearest Mi Teleferico stations are at La Ceja and on Avenida 6 de Marzo, so the last leg to the terminal needs a taxi or bus.
- Mi Teleferico runs 06:00-23:00 Monday to Saturday and 07:00-21:00 on Sundays and public holidays, with cabins leaving continuously rather than to a timetable.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Bolivia we cover
- Uyuni
- 462 km from La Paz, nearest airport UYU