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An eSIM for Portugal 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.
Portugal eSIM: mobile data on NOS and Vodafone
5GData for a city week in Lisbon or a month of remote work in Porto, on two Portuguese networks. Each plan counts its days from its first connection in Portugal, so you can install it before your trip.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Portugal: 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 Portugal
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 Portugal
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.
Portugal eSIM networks, and the one plan without 5G
A Portugal eSIM from this page connects to NOS and Vodafone, on the day pass and on every fixed plan. The catalog marks both networks as 5G on all but one plan: the largest, 50 GB for 30 days, is listed at 3G/4G with no 5G mark. The largest plan with the 5G mark is 20 GB for 30 days.
MEO isn't on the Portugal plans. You'll find it on Global 130 and on every Europe eSIM list except the 35-country one.
All Portugal plans exit through France, the Netherlands, or the UK, so a site sees an address in one of those three rather than in Portugal.
Portugal plans, and stays past 30 days
Sizes run from 1 GB for 7 days, through 2 or 3 GB for 15 days, up to 3, 5, 10, 20, or 50 GB for 30 days. On the day pass, 1 GB a day moves at full speed and the rest of that day at 512 Kbps.
Thirty days is where the fixed plans stop, and a top-up adds data, not days. For a longer stay there are two routes:
- Buy another Portugal plan when the term ends.
- Take a longer row that lists Portugal: the Europe eSIM has 20 or 50 GB for 90 days and 50 or 100 GB for 180 days, and Global 130 has 20 GB for 90 days.
Portugal with Spain or Morocco on one eSIM
A Portugal plan names Portugal alone, so the country lists decide.
- Spain: every Europe list names it with Portugal. The 35-country rows keep NOS, Vodafone, and the same exit as the Portugal plans. A Spain plan next to this one is the other option.
- Morocco: of the Europe lists, only one of the two 41-country lists names it, and only on its 30-day rows of 3, 5, 10, or 20 GB. Global 130 also names Portugal, Spain, and Morocco. Or add a Morocco plan for that leg.
Portugal eSIM: your questions
Is the Portugal day pass unlimited?
It's a daily allowance, not unlimited full speed: 1 GB a day, then 512 Kbps for the rest of that day.
Can I share the data with my laptop?
You can, if your plan and phone allow it. Anything you share comes out of the same data: the plan's size, or the day pass's 1 GB a day at full speed.
When should I install the Portugal eSIM?
Any time before your trip once your dates are firm. Days count from the first connection in Portugal, and an unused plan stays valid for 180 days. Installing does end your refund option, though: a refund on request applies within 30 days of purchase, and only while the eSIM hasn't been installed or connected.
Can I get a Portuguese phone number with it?
Not with this eSIM, which has no number, calls, or SMS. Your regular SIM stays as it is. A number rented for a term is a separate order under virtual numbers.
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Pick your Portugal plan
NOS and Vodafone, as a day pass or fixed data up to 50 GB. Adding Spain or Morocco? Check which Europe list names it first.