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An eSIM for Serbia 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.
Coverage comes from VIP, the one network these plans use. Your phone connects to it when you arrive.
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.
Serbia eSIM on the VIP network
Mobile data across Serbia on VIP, from a 100 MB week to 20 GB for a month. All but one plan count their days from the first connection in Serbia.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Serbia: 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 Serbia
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 Serbia
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Runs on VIP
Plans for Serbia connect to VIP. Your phone joins it once data roaming is on for the eSIM.
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.
eSIM Serbia: VIP only, 4G, and an Austrian IP
Every Serbia plan on this page connects to a single network, VIP. Telenor and mts aren't on these plans, so where VIP is weak there's no second Serbian operator for the phone to fall back on. The plans run on 3G and 4G; none of them reaches 5G.
Traffic leaves through Austria, so websites see an Austrian IP address rather than a Serbian one. Maps and messaging don't mind; a Serbian bank or a government portal may treat it as a login from abroad.
One plan starts differently: the 100 MB week counts its days from installation, not from the first connection, so add that one on arrival. Every other Serbia plan, the day pass included, can go on your phone at home, and all of them top up with more data on the same eSIM.
Telenor, VIP and mts: the multi-country plans in Serbia
The Balkans, Europe and Global 130 plans list Serbia on Telenor, VIP and mts, three networks instead of one, which helps on long drives between towns. Their traffic exits in the UK or Norway, and the catalog marks none of the three as 5G in Serbia. Which one fits depends on the rest of the route:
- Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria or Croatia: the Balkans eSIM lists them with Serbia, as fixed plans or a day pass.
- Hungary, Romania and further into Europe: only the two 41-country lists of the Europe eSIM include Serbia. The other Europe lists don't.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina or Kosovo: on neither the Balkans nor the Europe lists. Global 130 has both, with Serbia.
Questions about an eSIM for Serbia
Does the Serbia eSIM have 5G?
No. The Serbia plans run on VIP's 3G and 4G, and the multi-country plans don't list 5G in Serbia either. 4G still handles maps, ride apps and video calls.
Which Serbia plan suits a long weekend?
The 500 MB or 1 GB week covers messages and maps. For heavier use, the 15-day plans carry 2 GB or 3 GB, and the day pass gives 1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 Kbps. The trip calculator estimates the size from your own habits.
Can I get a Serbian number for SMS?
Not with the eSIM, which handles data only. Your home SIM keeps your number, and virtual numbers lists the countries where a number that receives SMS is in stock.
What if VIP has no signal where I am?
Make sure data roaming is on for the eSIM. With one network there's nothing to switch to, so if it still doesn't connect, contact support while the plan is valid: they fix it, or refund it if the eSIM works on no supported network in Serbia. For a road trip into the countryside, a Balkans plan with three Serbian networks is worth a look.
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Choose your Serbia eSIM plan
VIP data for 7 to 30 days, or a day pass. Driving on to Montenegro or Bosnia and Herzegovina? Check the Balkans and Global 130 lists first.