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An eSIM for Albania is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Every plan here uses more than one partner network. Your phone joins one when you arrive and can switch to another if the signal weakens.
If you stay longer, top up your current plan with more data. You do not need to buy a new one.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Albania eSIM on One Albania and Vodafone
Mobile data for a city break in Tirana or a summer month in Sarandë, as a day pass or a fixed plan of 7, 15, or 30 days.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Albania: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
How to get mobile data in Albania
Install it at home before you go. Some plans here start counting at installation, so check the line under the price for the plan you pick.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Albania
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
More than one network
Every plan here lists more than one partner network. If one gets weak, your phone can switch to another.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
Albania eSIM basics: two networks and a UK exit
An Albania eSIM from SIMAREA lists One Albania and Vodafone on all ten plans. They run on 3G and 4G, and none of the ten confirms 5G.
Traffic exits in the United Kingdom on every plan, so a site you open in Tirana sees a British address rather than an Albanian one.
A 100 MB week or 50 GB for a month
- 7 days: 100 MB, 500 MB, or 1 GB
- 15 days: 3 GB
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, 20, or 50 GB
- Day pass: each day's 1 GB runs at full speed, and past it you're on 512 Kbps until the reset
The 50 GB plan is the largest size here; the Balkans plans stop at 20 GB. Only the 100 MB week counts from installation. The other nine wait for the first connection in Albania, and any unused plan stays valid for 180 days. A top-up adds data on all ten, never days.
Albania with Montenegro, Greece, or Kosovo
No Europe list names Albania. If your route crosses a border, these are the plans that do:
- Balkans: Albania with Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. In Albania it lists One Albania, marked 5G, and Vodafone, with an exit in the UK or Norway. Its day pass slows to 384 Kbps after the daily 1 GB.
- Global 130: the same Albanian networks and exit countries, plus Kosovo, which the Balkans list doesn't name. Its plans are fixed terms, including 20 GB for 90 days and 1 GB for 365 days.
Before you buy an Albania eSIM
Does a Europe eSIM work in Albania?
Albania isn't named on any of the SIMAREA Europe lists. Choose an Albania plan, the Balkans eSIM, or Global 130 instead, since those three name it.
Is the Albania day pass unlimited?
It has a daily allowance: 1 GB at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets. You stay connected after the 1 GB, at the slower rate.
Can I get a +355 Albanian number?
Not with this eSIM, which has no number and no calls or SMS. Keep your regular SIM for your own number. A number that receives SMS is a separate rental, and virtual numbers is the place to start.
Can I share the data with my laptop?
Yes, if your plan and phone allow it. Anything you share draws on the data of the same Albania plan.
What if I don't make the trip?
Within 30 days of purchase, and only while it hasn't been installed or connected, an Albania eSIM can be refunded on request. Installed or used means no refund, even if your phone proves incompatible. Support fixes or refunds an eSIM that doesn't work on any supported network in Albania.
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Choose your Albania eSIM
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