Ulaanbaatar eSIM
In Ulaanbaatar you connect to Mobicom or Unitel, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 35 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Mobicom and Unitel
- Typical speed in Mongolia
- 35 Mbps typical, 8 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Ulaanbaatar
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $12.89 | $12.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $8.63 | $25.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $7.58 | $37.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $6.39 | $63.89 |
How Mongolia compares across Asia
- Regional typical speed
- 42.95 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Mobicom, Unitel
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Uzbekistan, 37 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Philippines, 34 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Ulaanbaatar
Landing at Chinggis Khaan International Airport (UBN)
- Airport
- UBN / ZMCK
- Distance
- 52 km from the centre of Ulaanbaatar
Getting into Ulaanbaatar
- Airport highway and shuttle bus from Khushig Valley to Ulaanbaatar (UBN)
Worth knowing about Ulaanbaatar
- Ulaanbaatar's international airport moved on 4 July 2021 to Khushig Valley, 52 km south of the city, replacing the old Buyant-Ukhaa field much closer in.
- There is no rail or metro link from the new airport; the only connection is the highway, about 50 km to the city centre.
- The old Buyant-Ukhaa airport could use only one end of its runway because of mountains to the south and east, which is why the airport was relocated.
- Ulaanbaatar sits about 1,350 metres above sea level and is the coldest national capital in the world, with an average annual temperature of 0.2 C.
- Roughly half of Mongolia's population lives in Ulaanbaatar, which is why coverage and competition thin out sharply the moment you leave the city.
- Mongolia is the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state, about 3.5 million people spread over 1,564,116 square kilometres.
- Ulaanbaatar has no metro. A single 19.4 km line with 15 stations from Tolgoit to Amgalan is planned, with construction due to begin in June 2026 and handover in 2030.
- Ulaanbaatar's trolleybus system opened on 29 October 1987 and is Mongolia's only trolleybus system.
- The Ulaanbaatar Railbus runs on Trans-Mongolian Railway tracks through the city, from Tolgoit in the west to Amgalan in the east with eight stations. The city line opened on 6 June 2014.
- The Trans-Mongolian Railway links Ulan-Ude in Russia with Ulanchab in China through Ulaanbaatar, 1,110 km of it inside Mongolia.
- Mongolia's 1,810 km railway network uses Russian 1,520 mm gauge, so trains arriving from China have their bogies changed at Erenhot on the border.
- Buses carry most of Ulaanbaatar, with about 1,200 daily buses from 21 companies on 79 routes and stops at roughly 15 minute intervals.
- The old city airport Buyant-Ukhaa, IATA ULN and ICAO ZMUB, is 18 km southwest of the centre and now serves as a backup field for training, charter and government flights.
- Chinggis Khaan International Airport opened on 4 July 2021 and lies about 50 km from the city centre, connected only by road.