Windhoek eSIM
In Windhoek you connect to MTC or Telecom Namibia, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 29 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- MTC and Telecom Namibia
- Typical speed in Namibia
- 29 Mbps typical, 7 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
How Namibia compares across Africa
- Regional typical speed
- 29.5 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, MTC, Telecom Namibia
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Egypt, 29 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Senegal, 29 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Windhoek, Swakopmund
Landing at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)
- Airport
- WDH / FYWH
- Distance
- 45 km from the centre of Windhoek
- Also serves
- Eros Airport (ERS)
Getting into Windhoek
- Airport shuttle service from Hosea Kutako into Windhoek (WDH)
Worth knowing about Windhoek
- Windhoek has two airports: Hosea Kutako International 45 km east of the city, and Eros Airport just 5 km south of the CBD for domestic and regional flights.
- There is no rail or bus rapid transit from Hosea Kutako; shuttles, taxis and rental cars are the only ways in over the 45 km.
- Domestic hops to Luderitz, Ondangwa, Oranjemund and Rundu leave from Eros in the city, not from the international airport.
- SIM registration is compulsory in Namibia under Section 77 of the Communications Act, with the regulations published in the Government Gazette of 15 March 2021.
- Since 1 January 2023 operators must take a buyer's personal data, including a residential address, and a valid identification document before a SIM card is sold or activated.
- A new customer's details must be registered within three months of the date of sale, and unregistered SIM cards are deactivated.
- The regulator CRAN said Namibia joined 185 countries with mandatory SIM registration on 1 January 2023, making it one of the last in Africa to do so.
- City of Windhoek bus smart cards are free of charge to first time users and cost N$45 to replace. They are issued at the Municipal Head Office cash hall.
- Smart cards are available at every City of Windhoek office customer care counter, the same desks where residents pay their municipal bills.
- Windhoek municipal buses run on shifts rather than all day. Morning trips start at 05:30, afternoon trips at 13:30 and 15:30, and peak trips at 16:30 with the last at 17:30.
- The city's Public Transportation Division runs the municipal buses and publishes bus timetables, bus hire and taxi rank information.
- Hosea Kutako International lists a bureau de change, a tourism information centre, restaurants, lounges, postal services, car rentals, parking and tax refund facilities.
- Eros Airport in the city lists restaurants, car rental, vehicle parking, refuelling, ground handling, air traffic control, Namibian Police, and customs and immigration on request.
- Namibia counted 3,022,401 people at its 2023 census, a population density of 3.7 people per square kilometre, in what was the country's first digital population count.
- Khomas, the region that contains Windhoek, had a population of 494,605 at the 2023 census.
- City of Windhoek community libraries offer computer training and computer accessibility alongside study space, book lending and photocopying.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Namibia we cover
- Swakopmund
- 263 km from Windhoek, nearest airport WVB