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An eSIM for Switzerland 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 one for verification codes, see virtual numbers for Switzerland.
Travel eSIM for Switzerland, on Salt and Sunrise
5GMobile data for Zurich, Geneva, the Alpine rail lines or a winter season, on Salt and Sunrise with 5G where they have built it.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Switzerland: 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 Switzerland
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 Switzerland
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.
Salt and Sunrise here, Swisscom on wider plans
Switzerland has three mobile networks: Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt. Every plan on this page, the day pass and each fixed plan alike, connects to Salt and Sunrise, and the catalog lists 5G on both. Swisscom isn't one of them.
That matters if your host says only Swisscom reaches the chalet or the mountain hut you've booked. Swisscom does show up on wider SIMAREA plans: the 31-, 34- and 41-country rows of the Europe eSIM and Global 130 list it next to Salt and Sunrise. The 33- and 35-country Europe rows stay with Salt and Sunrise, like this page.
Choosing a travel eSIM for Switzerland by size
The Switzerland picker has a wide spread of sizes:
- 7 days: 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB. A weekend in Geneva with maps and tickets fits the 500 MB or 1 GB week.
- 15 days: 2 GB or 3 GB, for a rail tour over the Gotthard or on the Glacier Express.
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, 20 or 50 GB; the larger sizes leave room for a hotspot, if your plan and phone allow it.
- 180 days: 50 GB, sized for a ski season or a work posting in Basel or Zug.
- Day pass: for a hiking week of quiet trail days and heavy photo days. Each day you set gets 1 GB at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets.
Watch the 100 MB week. It's the one Switzerland plan whose days start when you install it. Every other plan, the day pass included, starts at its first connection in Switzerland, so those can be installed at home. Any plan here can be topped up with more data on the same eSIM.
Day trips to France, Italy and Germany
A Switzerland plan stops at the border, and Swiss trips cross borders easily: Geneva to Annecy or Chamonix, Basel into Germany or Alsace, Lugano to Lake Como, the Bernina line down to Tirano.
Every Europe eSIM row lists Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Italy, and every row except the 35-country ones lists France too. For one country next door, add a France or Italy plan for the days there.
Switzerland eSIM questions
Does the Switzerland eSIM work on Swisscom?
No. The plans on this page use Salt and Sunrise. Swisscom is on the 31-, 34- and 41-country Europe eSIM rows and on Global 130, which list all three Swiss networks.
Can I buy it a month before the trip?
Yes, with one caution. An unused Switzerland plan keeps for 180 days, but a refund on request (within 30 days of purchase) is possible only while the eSIM was never installed or connected. So leave the QR code unscanned until the trip to Zurich, Geneva or the mountains is certain.
Is the Switzerland day pass unlimited?
It never cuts you off, but only the first 1 GB each day runs at full speed; after that it carries on at 512 Kbps until the day resets.
Can I get a Swiss +41 number?
Not on the eSIM, which carries data only. For a +41 number you keep for weeks or months, rent a Switzerland number: it receives SMS but can't make calls.
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Choose your Switzerland eSIM
Pick the day pass or a fixed plan from 100 MB to 50 GB, on Salt and Sunrise.