🇪🇺 europe esim for travel
Europe eSIM: one card, 34 countries
Take the train from Paris to Amsterdam and you never touch the eSIM. Your phone finds a local network on the far side of the border and carries on. You do not have to guess a gigabyte number before you leave, because we bill what you actually used once the trip is over. Europe comes with one condition: tell us your travel dates before you pay.
See what this trip costs →What this trip costs
Say 10 days at 1.2 GB a day, so 12 GB for the trip. Both figures below come straight from today’s price list.
The top figure is not the price of any single plan. The system works through the combinations on the menu, finds the cheapest total, and charges that.
1.2 GB a day is a middle-of-the-road figure. Navigation is cheap. What actually burns data is anything that moves, so video on the train, a live stream, a hotspot four people are watching through. Someone using maps and messaging stays well under that. Someone watching video all day can double or triple it. You do not have to bet on which one you are.
- Smallest tier
- $3.90 / 1 GB
- Metered rate
- $5.50 / GB
An illustration, not a quote. What you pay depends on what you actually use. Within each 30-day pricing window, the price list disclosed before payment is locked.
The 34 countries
One eSIM, every place on this list. Beyond the EU member states, the line also covers the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Türkiye, Ukraine and Liechtenstein.
EU member states (27)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
Outside the EU (7)
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Land in any of them and your phone picks up a partner network on its own. Nothing to set up, nothing else to buy.
Why Europe works on one card and Asia does not
Roaming agreements in Europe are dense. The same eSIM profile that worked in Italy keeps working when your train crosses the Brenner Pass into Austria, because a partner network is already waiting on the other side. That web of agreements was there long before we were. We did not build it.
Asia has nothing comparable. Between Japan and Korea, or Thailand and Vietnam, there is no single web of agreements that everyone honours. You can force one card onto those routes, but the traffic then has to exit through a third country. Exiting far away costs you speed, or it costs you money.
So outside Europe we issue one eSIM per country. Before you leave for the next stop, switch in the app and install the new card. The old one keeps working until you start using the new one, so there is no gap. There is no switching fee, though your wallet needs enough balance to prepare the new card. We spell the arrangement out before you pay rather than letting you discover it at an airport.
The same logic decides the coverage list above. Those 34 countries are not markets we picked. They are how far that web of agreements actually reaches. Türkiye and Ukraine are on the list for exactly that reason.
Why we ask for your dates first
Wholesale capacity in Europe costs us noticeably more than in Asia, and we buy it on a ladder priced by days and gigabytes.
Without your dates we can only buy a guess, and a guess has to be padded. That padding is our cost, and it ends up in the price everyone pays.
Give us the dates and we buy for the trip you are actually taking, then price that trip. Only the Europe line needs this. Single-country lines in Asia do not.
Declaring dates is not the same as locking your itinerary. It decides how much capacity we buy for you, not how long you are allowed online. Run past the days you estimated and the system tops you up. Within the same 30-day pricing window, the price is still the one you saw before paying.
Plans change, and changing them does not mean buying again. There is a question about that below.
When not to buy soda
This section argues against us. Leaving it out would be dishonest.
If this trip takes you to one European country and you already know roughly how much data you get through, a local single-country plan will usually cost less than soda. Here are three prices for the same 10 GB.
| Plan | Coverage | Price at 10 GB |
|---|---|---|
| soda EU-30 | Regional, 34 countries | $18.90 |
| Airalo Élan | France, single country | $16.00 |
| Airalo Eurolink | Regional, Europe | $37.00 |
Here is the gap. soda’s EU-30 is one regional line across 34 countries, priced under the regional plans and over the single-country ones. The $2.90 you pay above Élan buys three things:
- You never pick a gigabyte number.
- You never swap cards at a border.
- Money you did not spend stays yours, and it does not expire.
Two countries or more is a different question. You would be buying two local plans or more, and splitting your trip in your head to guess how much data each leg needs. Getting that guess wrong usually costs more than the $2.90 you pay us.
If none of those three matter on this trip, do not spend it. Buy the local plan.
Benchmark prices were checked plan by plan on 2026-08-21, source esimdb. Other people’s prices move. We cannot promise these are still current today.
The full Europe guide
The guide covers which kind of connection to pick, how much data to expect, and what it is actually like on the ground.
Europe eSIM: one card across 34 countries, UK and Türkiye included
Read the Europe eSIM guide →Common questions
Do I have to reset anything at a border?
No. One profile covers all 34 countries on the list, and your phone attaches to a local network once you cross. It can take a minute or two while the phone searches. If it stalls there, toggle airplane mode once.
The UK left the EU. Is it still included?
Yes. Coverage follows the roaming agreements our upstream holds, not EU membership. the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Türkiye, Ukraine and Liechtenstein all sit outside the EU and all sit on the list.
Can I tether and share with the people I am travelling with?
Yes. Shared data counts as yours, but you do not have to set any aside in advance. You use it, we count it. Four people streaming will get through data quickly, which is worth knowing before you offer.
What happens if my plans change?
You do not buy again. We charge for data you actually used, so coming home early does not cost you the days you skipped. Stay longer and the trip is priced at its real length, with capacity topped up as you need it.
Do I get unused money back?
Your balance does not expire, so it waits for the next trip. You can also take it back: within 14 days of a top-up, the part you haven’t spent can be refunded to the original card. Money already spent is not refundable, because that service already happened. A refund may turn off the eSIM bought with that top-up. An eSIM that has been installed or used needs about 3 hours to settle first.
Do I really have to give dates? Can I buy now and decide later?
For Europe, yes. The section above explains why: without the days we buy padded capacity, and the padding lands in the price. Declaring dates takes a few seconds and gets your trip priced at its real length. Single-country lines in Asia do not ask for this.