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An eSIM for Macao 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.
Macao eSIM: data on CTM and 3
5GMobile data for Macao, also spelled Macau, on two networks with 5G on every plan. No plan starts counting before it connects in Macao, so install it at home or in Hong Kong before the ferry.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Macao: 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 Macao
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 Macao
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.
Macao eSIM on CTM and 3, with a Hong Kong exit
All nine Macao plans, from the day pass to the 180-day plan, list CTM and 3, and each one reaches 5G where the network has it. If one signal is weak inside a large resort, turn off automatic network selection and pick the other network yourself.
Your traffic reaches the internet through Hong Kong on every Macao plan, so websites see a Hong Kong IP address. Maps and messages don't care; a Macao service that checks your location may read you as being in Hong Kong.
Macao and Hong Kong on one eSIM
Many Macao trips start or end in Hong Kong, by ferry or over the bridge, and a Macao plan has no network on the Hong Kong side. Choose by how the days split:
- A day or two in Macao within a Hong Kong trip: a Hong Kong eSIM on csl and SmarTone, plus the 7-day 1 GB Macao plan. The Macao plan waits for its first connection in Macao, so it costs no days while you're still in Hong Kong.
- Both on a single eSIM: the Asia rows for 12 or 20 countries are the only plans that list Macao and Hong Kong together, with mainland China as well. In Macao they use CTM, with 5G on the 20-country rows; the 12-country rows stay on 4G and 3G. Both exit in Hong Kong, and the 20-country list runs up to 180 days.
- Plans without Macao: the Asia day pass, the 7- and 19-country Asia rows, and Global 130 all leave it out.
Macau plans from a day trip to half a year
Macao plans start at 1 GB, with no smaller sizes: 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 15 days, a month as 3, 5, 10, 20 or 50 GB, and 50 GB for 180 days for a season of work in Macao.
The day pass gives 1 GB a day at full speed, then 384 Kbps until the day resets: messages and directions keep going, video waits for the hotel Wi-Fi. Every Macao plan tops up with more data on the same eSIM.
Macao eSIM questions
Is it Macao or Macau?
Both spellings name the same place. Our country list and checkout use Macao, so that's the name to look for.
Does the Global 130 eSIM work in Macao?
No. Global 130 lists Hong Kong and mainland China but not Macao. For Macao on a multi-country plan, take an Asia row for 12 or 20 countries.
Will I get a Macao phone number?
No. The eSIM gives data only: no +853 number, no calls and no SMS, while your usual SIM still receives texts from home. If you need a number that receives codes for weeks or months, the virtual numbers page lists the countries you can rent one in.
What if the eSIM has no signal after the ferry?
Check that data roaming is on for the eSIM and that mobile data uses it, then choose CTM or 3 manually. If neither connects, contact support while the plan is valid. Support fixes it, and if the eSIM works on no network in Macao, refunds it.
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Choose your Macao plan
CTM and 3 with 5G on every plan. Seeing Hong Kong on the same trip? Compare the Asia plans for 12 or 20 countries.