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An eSIM for Nepal 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.
Nepal eSIM on NT Mobile and Ncell
Data for a stay in Kathmandu or Pokhara, as a day pass or a fixed plan. All eight plans hold their days back until the first connection in Nepal.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Nepal: 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 Nepal
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 Nepal
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.
Nepal eSIM plans by term
A Nepal eSIM gives you mobile data on two networks, NT Mobile and Ncell, and both appear on each of the eight plans. They run on 3G and 4G, and no plan is marked 5G.
- 7 days: 1 GB
- 15 days: 2 or 3 GB
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, or 20 GB
- Day pass: the first 1 GB each day at full speed, 1 Mbps for the rest of that day
3 GB comes in two lengths, 15 days and 30 days, so read the term as well as the size. Any of the eight tops up with more data on the same eSIM, but the term you bought stays as it is.
Nepal's 1 Mbps day pass and Singapore exit
Once the day's 1 GB is gone, the Nepal day pass holds 1 Mbps until the day resets. The India day pass slows further after its own 1 GB, so the two aren't the same deal if you're comparing both sides of the border.
Traffic from every Nepal plan leaves through Singapore. Sites see an address there, not in Nepal.
Nepal and India on one trip
No regional or global plan on SIMAREA names Nepal. It isn't on the Asia eSIM lists or on Global 130, so the plans on this page are the ones to buy for it.
India is different: it has its own plans and is on both of those lists. A trip that pairs Kathmandu with Delhi or Varanasi therefore takes two eSIMs, one per country. If your phone holds more than one, keep both installed and switch between them in its settings.
Nepal eSIM questions
Is the Nepal day pass unlimited?
Only at the slower speed. You get 1 GB a day at full speed, and then the eSIM runs at 1 Mbps until the day resets.
Can I get a +977 phone number with this eSIM?
No. It carries data only, with no number, no calls, and no SMS, and your regular SIM keeps your own number. A number that receives SMS is a separate rental; see virtual numbers.
Will an Asia or Global 130 eSIM work in Nepal?
Nepal isn't named on any of their lists, so choose one of the Nepal plans above.
Can I install the eSIM before my trip?
Yes. On all eight plans the days start at the first connection in Nepal, and an unused plan stays valid for 180 days. A refund is on request, within 30 days of purchase, and only while the eSIM hasn't been installed or connected.
What if I need more than 30 days in Nepal?
A month is the longest term, and a top-up adds data, not days. When the term ends, buy another Nepal plan and install it.
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Choose your Nepal eSIM
Pick the day pass or a fixed plan on NT Mobile and Ncell. Spending part of the trip in India? That country needs a plan of its own.