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An eSIM for Hong Kong 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 one for verification codes, see virtual numbers for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong travel eSIM on csl and SmarTone
5GData in Hong Kong on two networks with 5G on every plan, for a layover, a week of meetings or a longer posting.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Hong Kong: 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 Hong Kong
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 Hong Kong
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.
Hong Kong travel eSIM: csl, SmarTone and a Singapore IP
Each Hong Kong plan sold here connects to csl and SmarTone, and all eleven, the day pass included, reach 5G where those networks offer it. If one is weak inside a building, turn off automatic network selection and choose the other.
Traffic on every Hong Kong plan exits in Singapore, though, so websites see a Singapore IP rather than a Hong Kong one. Chat and maps run as usual; a service that expects a Hong Kong connection might not.
Need a Hong Kong IP? The Asia eSIM rows for 12 or 20 countries exit in Hong Kong, on csl without 5G.
Hong Kong with Macao or mainland China
A Hong Kong plan works in Hong Kong alone; in Macao or across the border in Shenzhen it has no network. Three ways to cover a trip that goes on:
- Add a country plan: a Macao eSIM runs on CTM and 3, a China eSIM covers the mainland.
- Asia 12- or 20-country rows: the only plans that hold Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China together. The 12-country rows last 7 to 30 days on 4G and 3G; the 20-country rows go up to 180 days.
- Asia 19-country rows, the Asia day pass or Global 130: Hong Kong and the mainland, but no Macao, with traffic exiting in the UK or Norway.
The 7-country Southeast Asia rows don't include Hong Kong at all.
From a layover to a six-month posting
For a layover there are three one-week sizes: 100 MB, 500 MB and 1 GB. Only the 100 MB plan starts counting at installation; the others wait for their first connection in Hong Kong. Then there's 3 GB for 15 days, five 30-day sizes from 3 GB to 50 GB, and 50 GB for 180 days.
The day pass gives 1 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps until the day resets. Every plan, the pass included, tops up with more data on the same eSIM.
Hong Kong eSIM questions
Does the Hong Kong eSIM work in Macao?
No, its coverage ends at Hong Kong. For a day in Macao, add a Macao plan, or cover both with an Asia row for 12 or 20 countries.
Can I get a Hong Kong phone number?
Not from the eSIM, which is data only. For a +852 number you keep, rent a Hong Kong number by the week, month, half-year or year; it receives SMS from any sender but can't make calls or send texts.
Do I get 5G in Hong Kong on an Asia plan too?
It depends on the row. The 19-country rows and the Asia day pass list 3, SmarTone and csl/1010 with 5G in Hong Kong. The 12- and 20-country rows use csl without 5G there. Every Hong Kong plan above has 5G.
What if my Hong Kong trip is canceled?
As long as the eSIM hasn't been installed or connected, ask support for a refund within 30 days of purchase. Once it's on the phone it can't be refunded, so wait to install until the flight is certain.
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Choose your Hong Kong plan
csl and SmarTone with 5G on every plan. Taking the ferry to Macao as well? The Asia plans for 12 or 20 countries list both.