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An eSIM for Iceland 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.
Iceland eSIM on Nova and Síminn
5GFor a Reykjavik stopover or a half-year stay: a day pass or fixed data up to 50 GB, counted from the first connection in Iceland.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Iceland: 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 Iceland
Set it up at home the night before. Your eSIM waits quietly until you arrive.
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 Iceland
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.
Iceland eSIM plans, and the one without 5G
An Iceland eSIM from this page connects to Nova and Síminn, whichever plan you buy. Eight of the nine plans list 5G on both networks. The exception is the 30-day 50 GB plan, which runs on 3G and 4G; the same 50 GB comes with 5G as the 180-day plan.
- Day pass: 1 GB per day at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets
- 7 days: 1 GB
- 15 days: 3 GB
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, 20, or 50 GB
- 180 days: 50 GB
A top-up puts more data on the same eSIM and leaves the term where it was. Sites you visit see an address in France, the Netherlands, or the UK, not an Icelandic one.
A stopover on the way to mainland Europe
Iceland is on all six lists of the Europe eSIM, so a Reykjavik stop and the countries after it can share one plan, as long as the list names them. The network you get in Iceland depends on the list:
- 35-country list: Nova and Síminn, the same pair as here, with the same three exit countries
- 33-country list: Síminn and Vodafone, with traffic leaving through Belgium
- 34- and 41-country lists: Nova on its own, with an exit in the UK or Norway
- 31-country list: Nova, Síminn, and Vodafone, exit in the Netherlands, on 31-day rows that count from installation and can't be topped up
Neither the United States nor Canada is on a Europe list. If your trip includes them, Global 130 names Iceland, the USA, and Canada together. In Iceland it uses Nova, with an exit in the UK or Norway.
Going on to the Faroe Islands or Greenland
The Iceland plans name Iceland only, and no regional or global plan names the Faroe Islands or Greenland. Each has its own eSIM page, and a plan from there is a separate eSIM.
Questions about an Iceland eSIM
Does an Iceland eSIM come with an Icelandic phone number?
No. It carries data only, and your regular SIM keeps its number for calls and SMS. A number that receives SMS is a separate rental, listed under virtual numbers.
Is the Iceland day pass unlimited?
You can keep using it all day, but only 1 GB of that is at full speed. Past that, the eSIM holds at 512 Kbps until the day resets.
What's the longest I can stay on one Iceland plan?
The 180-day plan with 50 GB. For a stay in between, the Europe eSIM sells 90-day terms: 50 GB on the 35-country list, with Nova and Síminn, or 20 GB on the 34- and 41-country lists, with Nova. The 35-country list also has 100 GB for 180 days.
Can I install the Iceland eSIM before my trip?
Yes. The days wait for the first connection in Iceland, and an unused plan stays valid for 180 days. Refunds on request apply only while an eSIM hasn't been installed or connected, within 30 days of purchase. If an installed plan doesn't work on any supported network in Iceland, support fixes it or refunds it.
Can I use my Iceland eSIM as a hotspot?
Yes, if your plan and phone allow it. On the day pass, a laptop shares the same 1 GB at full speed.
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