Lagos eSIM
In Lagos you connect to MTN or Airtel, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 26 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- MTN and Airtel
- Typical speed in Nigeria
- 26 Mbps typical, 5 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Lagos
| 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 | $7.78 | $38.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $6.59 | $65.89 |
How Nigeria compares across Africa
- Regional typical speed
- 29.5 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, MTN, Airtel
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Uganda, 27 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Tanzania, 24 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Lagos, Abuja
Landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS)
- Airport
- LOS / DNMM
Getting into Lagos
- Road transfer from Ikeja to Lagos Island across the mainland bridges (LOS)
Underground and on the metro
Lagos Rail Mass Transit runs 2 lines. It opened in 2023. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Lagos
- The international and domestic terminals at Murtala Muhammed are about a kilometre apart, so switching between them is a landside transfer.
- Lagos rail opened recently the Blue Line on 4 September 2023 and the Red Line on 15 October 2024 but the Red Line's airport branch to the international terminal has not opened yet.
- Lagos is built on islands and lagoons, and reaching Lagos Island from the airport side means crossing the Carter, Eko or Third Mainland bridges.
- Nigeria has required SIM cards to be registered since the NCC began the exercise in March 2011, and unregistered SIMs have repeatedly been treated as a national security matter.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Nigeria we cover
- Abuja
- 537 km from Lagos, nearest airport ABV