Regional eSIM plans: one eSIM, several countries

A regional eSIM is one data plan that works in every country on its list. You install it once by QR code, and when you cross a border your phone joins a local network in the next listed country, with nothing new to buy or scan. It fits routes through neighboring countries: a rail trip across Europe, a loop through Southeast Asia, a road trip from the US into Canada or Mexico.

The list is the part to read carefully. A region's name is a guide, not a border: in several regions the plans come with different country lists, and the list belongs to the plan you pick, not to the region.

On November 2, 2026, nine regions had plans on sale. Here is how many countries their plans list (the counts include territories such as Hong Kong and Puerto Rico):

• Europe: 31, 33, 34, 35, or 41 countries, depending on the plan.
• Asia: 7, 12, 19, or 20 countries.
• Middle East: 6, 11, or 12 countries.
• Central Asia: 4 or 5 countries.
• Latin America: 6 or 20 countries.
• North America: the United States, Canada, and Mexico, on every plan.
• Balkans: one list of 7 countries.
• Caribbean: one list of 25 countries and territories.
• Africa: one list of 29 countries, fixed plans only.

Where a region has a single list, every plan covers the same places and you only choose data and days. Where it has several, plans on the same page can cover different countries, and the picker prints each plan's country count next to its size, so settle coverage first and size second.

What the region pages sold on November 2, 2026:

• Europe. Plans list 31, 33, 34, 35, or 41 countries, and most data sizes come in more than one of those widths. The day pass lists 41, France, Turkey, and the UK among them. France is on every list except the 35-country one, Turkey only on the 34- and 41-country lists, and the 31-day plans leave out the Netherlands. The 41-country lists differ by one place: the 30-day plans of 3 to 20 GB include Morocco, while the day pass and the other 41-country plans include Guernsey instead. The UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland are on all of them.
• Asia. Plans list 7, 12, 19, or 20 countries. The day pass lists 19: Japan, South Korea, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, and most of Southeast Asia, but not Cambodia or Macao. The 7-country plans stay in Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Vietnam to Indonesia and the Philippines. The 12-country plans add Japan, South Korea, mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan but drop the Philippines. The 20-country plans, sold for every term and size on the page, also reach Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.
• Middle East. The day pass and some fixed plans list Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The 11-country fixed plans swap Iraq for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Jordan, Oman, and Turkey; the 12-country ones swap it for Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, and Turkey.
• Central Asia. The day pass and one fixed plan of each size up to 30 days list Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; the other fixed plans, the 180-day one included, swap Pakistan and Sri Lanka for Tajikistan.
• Latin America and the Caribbean. The Latin America plans list either six South American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay) or 20, adding Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, six Central American countries from Guatemala to Panama, Puerto Rico, and four French Caribbean islands; the day pass is a 20-country one. The Caribbean list pairs the islands with Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay, but not Chile or Ecuador. Mexico is on no Latin America or Caribbean plan; the North America and global plans list it.
• Balkans. The plan covers Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo are on no regional plan; each has its own page (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo), and the global plan lists both.

So on a region's page, select a plan in the picker, open Plan details, and read the Coverage row: it lists the countries of the plan you selected and changes when you pick another. Find every country on your route there before you pay. If no plan lists one of them, or you can't tell which plan to choose, ask support first. It answers 24/7.

A regional plan is the simpler choice when the trip really crosses borders: one install, one pool of data, and no gap at a border while you sort out the next plan. A country plan can fit better when you spend most of the trip in one place. It skips the countries you won't visit, and some country plans exit in that country, so websites see a local IP, while a regional plan exits in one fixed place for its whole list.

Some countries appear on more than one region's plans, so choose by the rest of the route. Turkey is on the Europe day pass and on some Europe and Middle East fixed plans. Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia are on the Africa plans and the wider Middle East ones; Pakistan and Sri Lanka on the wider Asia plans and the 5-country Central Asia ones, the day pass among them. Greece, Croatia, and Bulgaria are on both Balkans and Europe plans, and Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay on both Latin America and Caribbean plans.

If the route leaves one region for another, say Europe and then Southeast Asia, look at the global plans before buying two regional ones. Every single-country destination is in the country list.

Every region except Africa sells one day pass next to its fixed plans; Africa sells fixed plans only.

• Fixed plans: a set amount of data for a set number of days, from 7 to 180 days and 1 GB to 100 GB across the regions.
• The day pass: 1 GB a day at full speed, then a reduced speed until the day resets, from 384 Kbps (Europe, Asia, and the Balkans) to 1 Mbps (Latin America) depending on the region. You choose the number of days at checkout.

Almost every regional plan starts its days at the first connection to a network in a listed country, so you can install it at home. The exception on November 2, 2026 is Europe's 31-day plans, which start when you install the eSIM. One catch: if your home country is on the list, as the US is on North America plans, leave the eSIM switched off until you go, or a first connection at home starts the clock.

Most plans can be topped up on the same eSIM. The exceptions are Europe's 31-day plans, the two largest Latin America plans (30-day 30 GB and 180-day 50 GB), the Central Asia 180-day plan, and the Central Asia day pass. The selected plan's Add more row under Plan details says which.

A regional plan sends your traffic out through a fixed exit country, which often isn't the one you're in. On November 2, 2026, regional plans exited in the United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, or Hong Kong, depending on the plan. North America plans exit in Belgium, for example, so a site you open in the US sees a European IP.

Maps, messaging, and email work the same either way. A streaming library, a banking app, or a food-ordering app can behave differently: it may show another country's version or ask for a local connection. The IP address row under Technical specs shows the selected plan's exit. If you need a local IP in one country, compare that country's own plans or ask support which plan has one.