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Wi-Fi cafés in Mexico City

Cafés with Wi-Fi, the free city network and pay-by-the-hour time cafés.

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Mexico City runs its own free Wi-Fi network, and it is large. On November 10, 2021, Guinness World Records certified the city for the most hotspots on a single free Wi-Fi network: 21,500 across all 16 alcaldías (boroughs), installed by Telmex with the city government.1 By September 2025 the count had passed 35,350 points, in public schools, hospitals, 124 public libraries and 272 Metrobús stations.2

Fixed lines are quick by national standards. From January to July 2024, Ookla measured fixed-line downloads of 85.56 Mbps in Mexico City, second among Mexican cities only to Monterrey's 85.68 Mbps, with Totalplay the fastest provider in the capital.3 Del Valle, Narvarte & Portales and Coyoacán have the most cafés with Wi-Fi, ahead of Roma, Condesa and Polanco.

Local tip: For a full working day, a time café prices the table openly: Chez Vous on Calle Marsella charges by the hour, with drinks and Wi-Fi included. On the free CDMX-Internet para Todos network, skip banking apps and logins.24

Where these cafés are: Del Valle, Narvarte & Portales (14), Coyoacán (12), Roma Norte & Roma Sur (8), Condesa (7), Polanco (6), Juárez & Cuauhtémoc (5), Nápoles & Mixcoac (4), Centro Histórico (3), San Rafael & Santa María la Ribera (3), Escandón & San Miguel Chapultepec (1), Coapa & Culhuacán (1), Guerrero & the north (1).

At a glance

65Cafés listed
39With opening hours
06:30Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Picorete Salivón, from 06:30 (Mon–Wed 06:30–19:00 · Thu 09:00–20:30 · Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sun 09:00–16:00).
  • Closes latest: Café del Barrio, until 23:00 (Mon–Thu 09:30–22:00 · Fri–Sat 09:30–23:00 · Sun 09:30–22:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (26%), open late (18%), brunch (12%).
Del Valle, Narvarte & Portales

Coff & Breiq

  • Calle Sevilla 822
  • Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00 · Sat 10:00–21:00 · Sun 10:00–19:00
  • +525565840790
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Roma Norte & Roma Sur

Dulce Romita

  • Tepic 5A
  • Mon–Fri 08:30–20:30 · Sat–Sun 09:30–17:00
  • +52 55 7009 5043
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How the free city network works

Look for the network CDMX-Internet para Todos: it asks for no password and no registration. Each point carries up to 100 Mbps, shared out at 3 to 5 Mbps per user, and reaches about 20 meters. A second network, CFE Internet para Todos, run by the federal electricity company, asks you to accept its terms before you browse.2

That is enough for email and maps, less so for a video call from a park bench. When the record was awarded, the head of the city's digital agency said the service used no sign-up forms and captured no personal data.1 Security specialists quoted by Infobae still advise against typing passwords or opening banking apps on any public network.2

Where the Wi-Fi cafés are

In Coyoacán, El Mundo del Café at 33 Calle Centenario opens daily 07:00–23:00, Café Avellaneda at 40 Higuera runs 08:00–22:00, and Marabunta café + libreria, a café and bookshop at 485c Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo, serves until 23:00 Monday to Saturday. Cafeleería, at 1832-B Calzada Taxqueña, opens Monday to Saturday from 11:00.

In Del Valle and Narvarte, Cafetopía at 70 Pirineos opens Monday to Saturday 08:00–21:00, El Patio Café at 680 Calle Petén stays open until 21:30 every day, and Espressino at 932 Miravalle starts at 07:00 on weekdays. La Dosis Tostaduría, at 133 Calle Petén, sells beans as well as coffee by the cup, as its full name says. In Polanco, Signora Mariola at 75 Lago Tangañica opens at 07:00 on weekdays.

Time cafés: paying for the hour, not the coffee

Chez Vous built a business on the laptop problem. Described by UnoTV as Mexico's first time café, it opened its first branch in Juárez in 2019, and in 2020 two investors from the TV show Shark Tank put 3.5 million pesos into it. In 2023 its unlimited plan cost MX$75 an hour, MX$350 a day or MX$3,500 a month, Wi-Fi included.4

By May 2026 there were six branches, two of them in Juárez. The basic package covers unlimited espresso, americano, tea and agua fresca; the premium one adds any drink and the snack bar.5 The branch at 81 Calle Marsella opens 07:30–21:30 Monday to Thursday and until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, the one at 35 Bucareli closes at 21:00 daily, and the Polanco branch at 41 Boulevard Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra keeps the Marsella hours.

For comparison, in October 2026 a regular cappuccino in Mexico City averaged MX$69.19, in a range of MX$45–85.6

Laptops in Roma and Condesa

Remote work here has been studied. A 2025 paper in the journal EURE notes that digital nomads rely on coworking spaces and on cafés, bookshops and restaurants with a good connection. From December 2019 to January 2023, Airbnb rentals rose 74% in Roma Norte, Roma Sur, Condesa and Hipódromo, which together hold the largest cluster of them in the metropolitan area.7

The same study found that the share of local businesses with a foreign name rose from 16.3% in 2020 to 32.5% in 2022, and that cafés and coworking spaces did well through the pandemic years.7 On July 4, 2025, an anti-gentrification march crossed Colonia Roma and ended at the U.S. embassy.8

Roma's Wi-Fi cafés are spread across the colonia: Café De Raíz at 132 Mérida, Raku Café at 188 Sinaloa, Brown caffeine lab at 313 Tonalá, and Picorete Salivón at 7 Cozumel, which opens at 06:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. In Condesa, EMIR Condesa at 168 Atlixco opens daily 07:00–21:00.

Sources

  1. ¡Récord Guinness! CDMX cuenta con más puntos wifi de conexión gratuita, UnoTV (November 10, 2021), accessed October 2026
  2. Internet gratis en CDMX: cuántos puntos de WiFi hay y cómo puedes usarlo, Infobae México (Lorna Huitrón, September 24, 2025), accessed October 2026
  3. Estas son las ciudades de México con el mejor internet: las conexiones más rápidas están en el norte, según Ookla, Xataka México (Ismael Garcia Delgado, August 29, 2024), accessed October 2026
  4. Chez Vous: la cafetería que conquistó a "Shark Tank" y donde puedes trabajar como si estuvieras en casa, UnoTV (Gina Becerril, March 30, 2023), accessed October 2026
  5. Café ilimitado, snacks y cero distracciones en estas cafeterías de la CDMX para hacer 'home office', Food and Pleasure (Elena Eguiarte, May 14, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Cost of Living in Mexico City, Numbeo (updated October 23, 2026), accessed October 2026
  7. Gentrificación transnacional y nómadas digitales en la zona central de la Ciudad de México, EURE vol. 51 no. 152 (David Navarrete, Ryan Whitney, Aleksandra Krstikj, January 2025), accessed October 2026
  8. A short history of immigration in Roma and Condesa, Mexico News Daily (Lydia Carey, July 22, 2025), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Wi-Fi in Mexico City: questions

How does the free public Wi-Fi in Mexico City work?

Connect to CDMX-Internet para Todos, which needs no password or registration. As of September 2025 the city had more than 35,350 free points, in public schools, hospitals, libraries and Metrobús stations. Each point carries up to 100 Mbps, shared at 3 to 5 Mbps per user, within about 20 meters. Avoid banking apps and passwords on any public network.

What is a time café in Mexico City?

A time café charges for the time you stay rather than for the coffee. Chez Vous opened the first one in Juárez in 2019, and by 2026 it had six branches, two of them in Juárez. In 2023 its unlimited plan cost MX$75 an hour, MX$350 a day or MX$3,500 a month, with drinks and Wi-Fi included.

Which Mexico City neighborhoods have the most cafés with Wi-Fi?

Del Valle, Narvarte & Portales and Coyoacán have the most, followed by Roma, Condesa and Polanco. In Coyoacán, El Mundo del Café on Calle Centenario opens 07:00–23:00 daily. In Roma, options include Café De Raíz on Mérida and Raku Café on Sinaloa, and in Condesa, EMIR Condesa on Atlixco opens at 07:00.

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