Valparaiso eSIM
In Valparaiso you connect to Entel or Movistar, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 52 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Entel and Movistar
- Typical speed in Chile
- 52 Mbps typical, 13 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Valparaiso
| 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 | $5.38 | $26.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $4.39 | $43.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $3.79 | $75.89 |
How Chile compares across South America
- Regional typical speed
- 33.5 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Entel, Movistar
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next slowest nearby
- Brazil, 49 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Santiago, Valparaiso, Atacama
Landing at Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (Santiago) - the nearest airport serving Valparaiso, about 120 km away (SCL)
- Airport
- SCL / SCEL
Getting into Valparaiso
- Intercity bus from Santiago (Alameda or Pajaritos terminals) to Valparaiso (SCL), about 120 minutes
- Route 68 drive from Santiago to Valparaiso (tolled) (SCL), about 90 minutes
- Tren Limache-Puerto (Merval) commuter rail, Puerto (Valparaiso) to Limache via Vina del Mar. Runs through tunnels, where a signal drops
Worth knowing about Valparaiso
- Valparaiso has no commercial airport of its own: you land at Santiago (SCL), 120 km away, then take about 1 hour 30 minutes by car on Route 68 or almost 2 hours by bus from the Alameda or Pajaritos terminals.
- The local "Metro" is not a metro: the Limache-Puerto line (Merval) is a single 43 km commuter railway with 20 stations linking five cities, and it includes a 5 km underground stretch from Miramar through Chorrillos in Vina del Mar.
- Moving between the port and the hills means funiculars: 16 ascensores survive, 15 of them public and designated national monuments, and the World Monuments Fund listed the system among the world's 100 most endangered historical treasures in 1996.
- Chile made prepaid mobile registration mandatory from 20 August 2026: every prepaid line must be tied to a named holder, with operators recording name, address and national ID or passport number, so buying a local prepaid SIM now involves identity verification.
- On the Limache to Puerto line, first trains leave Puerto at 06:00 on weekdays, 08:00 on Saturdays and 09:00 on Sundays and holidays. The last weekday departure from Puerto is at 22:30, and every station shuts at 23:30.
- The train has its own Tarjeta de Transporte, sold at station ticket offices, but the turnstiles also accept Visa and Mastercard bank cards, phone wallets and the BancoEstado QR code.
- The same Visa and Mastercard cards, and the BancoEstado Pasaje QR Conecta app, now pay on the electric buses, trolleybuses and ascensores tied to the train service.
- Ride an ascensor after the train on the same Tarjeta de Transporte and the climb costs CLP 50 instead of the usual CLP 100.
- Trolleybuses still work the flat streets of central Valparaiso. Switching between trolley and train on the Tarjeta de Transporte adds just CLP 50 to the train fare, if you change within 120 minutes and hold at least CLP 270.
- At Limache the train meets buses to Quillota, Limache Viejo and La Calera at no extra charge: leave through the dedicated transfer turnstiles within 120 minutes, using the card you started with.
- TurBus runs direct coaches from Vina del Mar and Valparaiso to Santiago airport, with six departures Monday to Saturday from 05:30 and six on Sundays, so you avoid changing at a Santiago terminal.
- Chile's tourism board advises sticking to lit, busy streets at night, or taking safe transport between the hills and the centre, and picks the Reina Victoria and El Peral ascensores for their views over the bay.
- Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepcion hold the city's cobbled lanes, painted houses and galleries, and La Sebastiana, Pablo Neruda's house museum, sits on the hills above the port.