Papeete eSIM
In Papeete you connect to Vini or Vodafone, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 39 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Vini and Vodafone
- Real speed in French Polynesia
- 39 Mbps median, 9 Mbps for the slowest tenth128 travellers across French Polynesia, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Papeete
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $43.89 | $43.89 | |
| 3 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $35.30 | $105.89 |
How French Polynesia compares across Oceania
- Speed rank
- 5 of 10 destinations we sell in Oceania
- Regional median
- 30.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 23 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Vini, Vodafone
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- New Caledonia, 44 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Fiji, 22 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Papeete, Bora Bora
- tenth percentile
- 9 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 128 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Tahiti Faa'a International Airport (PPT)
- Airport
- PPT / NTAA
- Distance
- 5 km from the centre of Papeete
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalThe airport's own wifi page says to select the network 'Tahiti Airport WiFi', open a browser and accept the terms of use. It sets out no email step and no SMS code.
Getting into Papeete
- Public bus into central Papeete from the stops on the peripheral road outside the terminal (PPT), about 20 minutes
- Taxi to central Papeete at a fixed fare (PPT)
Worth knowing about Papeete
- Faa'a airport sits 5 km southwest of Papeete and opened in 1960. Before that, long haul flights to French Polynesia landed at Bora Bora instead.
- The nearest bus stops are not on the terminal forecourt but out on the peripheral road, in both directions, so you walk up to the main road to catch one.
- A taxi into Papeete runs on a fixed fare, recorded in January 2019 as 2000 francs between 06:00 and 20:00 and 2700 francs at night.
Sources for this page
Other cities in French Polynesia we cover
- Bora Bora
- 259 km from Papeete, nearest airport BOB