Los Angeles eSIM
In Los Angeles you connect to T-Mobile or AT&T, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 64 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- T-Mobile and AT&T
- Real speed in United States
- 64 Mbps median, 11 Mbps for the slowest tenth5,118 travellers across United States, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Los Angeles
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $6.89 | $6.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $3.30 | $9.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.58 | $12.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.99 | $19.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.64 | $32.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.52 | $75.89 |
How United States compares across North America
- Speed rank
- 1 of 10 destinations we sell in North America
- Regional median
- 33 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 17 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, T-Mobile, AT&T
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next slowest nearby
- Canada, 58 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 6: New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago
- tenth percentile
- 11 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 5118 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Airport
- LAX / KLAX
- Distance
- 29 km from the centre of Los Angeles
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalFree wi-fi in the public areas of all terminals; the network is "_LAX Free WiFi".
Getting into Los Angeles
- Metro C Line or K Line to LAX/Metro Transit Center (LAX)
- Free LAX shuttle between LAX/Metro Transit Center (Bus Bays 1 and 2) and all LAX terminals (LAX)
- Metro Lines 102, 111, 117, 120 and 232 to LAX/Metro Transit Center (LAX)
Underground and on the metro
Los Angeles Metro Rail (B and D Lines are the fully underground subway lines) runs 6 lines. It opened in 1990. The operator states mobile coverage in parts of the network only.
Worth knowing about Los Angeles
- The underground stations and tunnels on the B and D Lines carry service from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, and as of 30 September 2025 Metro extended that coverage to the K Line's Expo/Crenshaw, Martin Luther King and Leimert Park stations and the tunnels between them.
- Rail does not yet reach the LAX terminals: you ride the C Line or K Line to the LAX/Metro Transit Center and transfer to a free, frequent shuttle at Bus Bays 1 and 2.
- The LAX Automated People Mover (SkyLink), which will link the terminals directly to the C and K lines at the East ITF station, had still not opened as of September 2026; systems demonstration testing began on 21 April 2026 and the project remains in litigation.
- LAX is 18 miles (29 km) south-west of downtown Los Angeles, so an airport-to-downtown trip is long by either road or transit.
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Other cities in United States we cover
- Las Vegas
- 368 km from Los Angeles, nearest airport LAS
- San Francisco
- 559 km from Los Angeles, nearest airport SFO
- Chicago
- 2802 km from Los Angeles, nearest airport MDW
- Miami
- 3758 km from Los Angeles, nearest airport MIA
- New York
- 3936 km from Los Angeles, nearest airport LGA