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An eSIM for the Philippines 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, some plans can be topped up with more data; a fixed one needs a new plan.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Philippines travel eSIM on Globe and SMART
5GMobile data in the Philippines on both listed networks, for a visit home, a dive trip or months of work.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for the Philippines: 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 the Philippines
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 the Philippines
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.
Staying longer?
Some plans here can be topped up with more data on the same eSIM; others are fixed.
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.
Travel eSIM for the Philippines: Globe and SMART together
Every Philippines plan here, the day pass too, lists Globe and SMART. The phone joins whichever it finds and can change over when that signal drops. In a province where Globe is weak, SMART may still be there, and the reverse; to change by hand, switch off automatic network selection.
Both are typed 5G, and ten of the eleven plans reach 5G where it's been built. On either network, traffic exits in Singapore, so a Philippine bank or wallet app that checks where you log in from may ask you to confirm it's you.
Two 50 GB plans that aren't the same
- 50 GB for 30 days: no top-up and no 5G; once it runs out, you buy a new plan.
- 50 GB for 180 days: tops up on the same eSIM and reaches 5G, for a long stay with family or a semester.
Below those, a week comes as 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB, there is 3 GB for 15 days, and a month as 3, 5, 10 or 20 GB, all with top-ups. The day pass gives 1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets: enough for chat and email, not for streaming.
Days start at the first connection in the Philippines on every plan but the 100 MB week.
Asia and global plans: Globe or SMART, never both
The wider plans list the Philippines, but each uses only one of its networks:
- Asia 7- and 20-country rows: Globe, exit in Hong Kong. The 20-country rows add Japan, South Korea and Australia; both lists run up to 180 days.
- Asia 19-country rows and the Asia day pass: SMART, exit in the UK or Norway.
- Global 130: SMART, exit in the UK or Norway, with Europe and the Americas.
The Asia 12-country rows leave the Philippines out. If most of the trip is here, a plan from this page keeps both networks.
Philippines eSIM questions
Which is better in the Philippines, Globe or SMART?
We don't rank them, and you don't have to pick: each plan here lists both, and you can switch between them yourself.
Is the Philippines day pass unlimited?
It never cuts you off, but only the first 1 GB each day is at full speed; then it slows to 512 Kbps until the day resets. Heavy streamers do better with a fixed plan of 20 GB or more.
Can I get a Philippine +63 number with the eSIM?
No, the eSIM is data only. For a number rented by the term, virtual numbers lists the countries on offer. A rented number doesn't suit a bank or government service that wants a number registered to you.
Can I top up the 30-day 50 GB plan?
No, it is the only Philippines plan without top-ups. Every other plan takes more data on the same eSIM, the 180-day 50 GB one included.
I'm flying home for the holidays. Can I buy the eSIM early?
Yes. An unused plan stays valid for 180 days. Hold off installing until your dates are fixed: an eSIM that hasn't been installed or connected can be refunded on request within 30 days of purchase, and an installed one can't.
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Choose your Philippines plan
Globe and SMART on every plan, from a week to six months. Continuing to Japan, Korea or Australia? Compare the Asia plans first.