How fast is the internet for remote work in Lima?

Osiptel measured Peru's median fixed download speed at 206.5 Mbps in April 2025, up 44% in a year and second in South America, with a median upload of 177.2 Mbps. Most apartments and cafés in Lima's central neighborhoods are on fiber, with typical speeds of 100–200 Mbps reported in 2026. 4G is available citywide and 5G is spreading.

Which Lima neighborhoods have the most cafés with Wi-Fi?

About half are in Miraflores, including Ballabio Cafe on Calle Narciso de la Colina, Milimétrica Coffee Co on Calle Alcanfores and Artidoro Rodríguez on Calle Tarata. San Isidro is next, where Grano Sagrado and Nítido coffee co open at 07:00 Monday to Saturday, followed by Barranco, where La Bodega Verde opens daily 07:00–22:00.

Where can you work on a laptop in Lima besides a Wi-Fi café?

Coworking is well established. Comunal opened its first space in Barranco in 2013, manages about 34,000 m² in Lima and reported occupancy above 80% in February 2026, and remote workers recommend its Miraflores, San Isidro and Barranco sites for reliable Wi-Fi.

Cafés with Wi-Fi in Lima: Work Cafés in Miraflores

Lima is an easy city to work online from. Osiptel, Peru's telecoms regulator, measured a median fixed download speed of 206.5 Mbps in April 2025, 44% higher than a year before and second in South America.¹ Fiber is standard in most apartments and cafés in the central neighborhoods, and one remote worker reported typical speeds of 100–200 Mbps in September 2026.²

About half of the cafés with Wi-Fi are in Miraflores, and San Isidro and Barranco come next.

Local tip: For a full working day in San Isidro, Grano Sagrado on Calle German Schreiber is open 07:00–22:00 Monday to Saturday.

Where these cafés are: Miraflores (15), San Isidro (5), Barranco (4), Pueblo Libre, Magdalena & San Miguel (2), Jesús María & Lince (1), Centro de Lima (1), San Borja & Surquillo (1).

At a glance

29Cafés listed

19With opening hours

07:00Earliest opening

22:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: Grano Sagrado, from 07:00 (Mon–Sat 07:00–22:00).

Closes latest: El Bigote Café y Gofres, until 22:00 (Mon–Sat 10:00–22:00 · Sun 10:00–21:30).

Most common features: card payment (28%), bakery café (28%), wheelchair access (24%).

Upload speeds and mobile backup

Uploads improved even faster than downloads. Ookla data for April 2025 gave Peru a median fixed upload speed of 177.2 Mbps, more than double the April 2024 figure, and the country's median download sat 58.4 Mbps above the regional average.¹

If a café connection drops, mobile data is the fallback: 4G is available across the city, 5G is becoming more common, and eSIMs are an option for short stays.²

Work cafés in Miraflores and Barranco

Several Miraflores cafés with Wi-Fi line Alcanfores: Milimétrica Coffee Co at Calle Alcanfores 215, Milenaria Cafe at 348 and Howm at 465. Milimétrica opens 07:30–20:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00–16:00 on Sundays.

In Barranco, La Bodega Verde is the calmer, more relaxed pick.² It opens daily 07:00–22:00. Las Vecinas on Jirón Domeyer, another Barranco café with Wi-Fi, keeps 10:00–22:00 hours except on Tuesdays, when it is closed.

Artidoro Rodríguez Café began in 2017 as a coffee brand, reached more than 300 supermarkets and opened its first specialty café in Miraflores in 2022.³ Its café on Calle Tarata 285 is in the same district.

Coworking desks for longer sessions

Lima's coworking market is large enough to overlap with café life. Comunal opened its first space in Barranco in 2013, manages about 34,000 m² across the city and reported average occupancy above 80% in February 2026, when it was preparing its 17th site in Chacarilla.⁴ Remote workers recommend its Miraflores, San Isidro and Barranco locations for reliable Wi-Fi.²

Cafés can stand in for a desk too. La Teoría de los 6 Cafés has Wi-Fi at three branches, on Calle General Mendiburú in Miraflores and on Calle Las Camelias and Avenida Los Conquistadores in San Isidro, all open daily from 07:30. Coin Santé, at Calle Miguel Seminario 180 in San Isidro, opens 08:00–21:00 on weekdays.

Opening hours and what a session costs

For an early start, Grano Sagrado at Calle German Schreiber 110 in San Isidro and Nítido coffee co on Avenida Ricardo Rivera Navarrete 585 both open at 07:00 Monday to Saturday, and Grano Sagrado stays open until 22:00. Nandos Caffe on Calle Grimaldo del Solar in Miraflores also opens at 07:00. Ballabio Cafe, at Calle Narciso de la Colina 205, opens at 07:30 and serves until 22:00 Monday to Saturday.

Budget for food as well as coffee. In 2026 Neira Café Lab's average spend per customer was S/ 30 in its sit-down cafés, S/ 20 in takeaway formats and S/ 22 in its corporate coffee bars.⁵

Wi-Fi cafés in Lima

At a glance

Cofaine

El Bigote Café y Gofres

Grano Sagrado

La Bodega Verde

La Teoría de los 6 Cafés

La Teoría de los 6 Cafés

La Teoría de los 6 Cafés

Las Vecinas

Milenaria Cafe

Milimétrica Coffee Co

Nandos Caffe

Nítido coffee co

Parque Sol Terraza Café

Pausa Café

Ballabio Cafe

Coin Santé

cosita buena

Beso Francés

Café Comadre

Coffee Shop Urqu

Kulcafé

Milenaria Cafe

Artidoro Rodríguez

Café Piola

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Howm

Passion for Fruit

Sorriso

Ursa Coffee Roasters

Upload speeds and mobile backup

Work cafés in Miraflores and Barranco

Coworking desks for longer sessions

Opening hours and what a session costs

Sources

Other ways to browse Lima

Specialty coffee

Outdoor seating

Open late

Bakery cafés

Wi-Fi in Lima: questions

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