Jio 5G vs Airtel 5G: Check top speeds, coverage in India

The 5G services are being rolled out in India in a full swing. Reliance Jio and Airtel are spearheading the 5G deployment that began in October last year. 5G is now available in more than 100 cities, with more areas being added to the list rapidly. Users have both Jio and Airtel as options if they want to experience 5G, but which is better.

We will compare the areas covered by both Jio and Airtel, as well as the top speeds both have to offer head of their plan to roll out 5G to every nook and corner comes to fruition. This will allow you to take a better decision if you want the best 5G experience.

Jio 5G areas

Andhra Pradesh – Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Tirumala, Tirupati, and Nellore

Assam – Guwahati

Chandigarh

Delhi

Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Ahwa, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Botad, Chhota Udaipur, Dahod, Godhra, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kalol, Khambalia, Lunawada, Mehsana, Morbi, Modosa, Navsari, Nadiad, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Rajpipla, Surat, Wadhwan, Vadodara, Valsad, Vyara, Veraval, Gandhinagar

Haryana – Faridabad, Gurugram, Panchkula

Karnataka – Bengaluru, Mysuru, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Belgaum

Kerala – Kochi, Trivandrum, Guruvayur Temple, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Chertala

Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur

Maharashtra – Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Solapur

Odisha – Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack

Punjab – Mohali, Zirakpur, Derabassi, Kharar, Ludhiana

Rajasthan – Nathdwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur

Tamil Nadu – Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Hosur, Vellore

Telangana – Hyderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar

Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Meerut, Noida, Ghaziabad

Uttarakhand – Dehradun

West Bengal – Kolkata, Siliguri

Airtel 5G areas

Andhra Pradesh – Vizag, Tirumala

Assam – Guwahati

Bihar – Patna

Delhi

Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar

Haryana – Panipat, Hissar, Rohtak, Gurugram

Himachal Pradesh – Shimla

Jammu & Kashmir – Jammu, Srinagar

Karnataka – Bengaluru

Kerala – Kochi

Madhya Pradesh – Indore Bhopal

Maharashtra – Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune

Manipur – Imphal

Odisha – Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela

Tamil Nadu – Chennai

Telangana – Hyderabad

Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow, Varanasi

West Bengal – Siliguri

Jio 5G vs Airtel 5G top speeds

Since Jio is the only telecom operator to offer standalone (SA) 5G network, the download and upload speeds are dramatically higher than those of Airtel. According to screenshots posted on Twitter, Jio is offering a maximum speed of 1.7Gbps in Kolkata and around 1.5Gbps in Jaipur. Meanwhile, Airtel, which uses 5G non-standalone (NSA) is offering speeds as high as 890Mbps in certain areas.