Prepaid travel data for Portugal with instant activation and no roaming fees
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No Roaming
4G/5G Speed
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Data only — no phone number, no calls, no SMS Your own number stays active on your existing SIM (dual SIM), and you can call and message through WhatsApp, FaceTime and similar apps.
1 Day
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You do not get a new phone number with this eSIM.
Setting up your eSIM? The installation and activation guide walks through it step by step, and the full FAQ covers device compatibility, hotspot, dual SIM and topping up.
Install your Portugal eSIM before you fly by scanning the QR code, then simply turn off airplane mode after you land. You are connected straight away at Lisbon, Porto or Faro, with no plastic SIM to swap and no phone shop to find before your transfer into town.
The one plan covers the whole country, so the same eSIM works whether you are starting in Lisbon, road-tripping the Algarve, or tasting your way up the Douro Valley.
Set the eSIM up at home and it connects automatically when you switch off airplane mode at Lisbon (LIS), Porto (OPO) or Faro (FAO). You are online for the Aerobus, the metro or a Bolt ride into the centre the second you arrive, with maps and translation ready before you reach the taxi rank.
Portugal runs on three networks - MEO, NOS and Vodafone - with fast 4G/LTE nationwide and 5G across Lisbon, Porto and the larger towns. That is plenty for live maps, restaurant bookings, the CP train app and video calls home.
Coverage holds up well along the Algarve coast and the main tourist routes; only deep-rural corners of the Alentejo interior thin out, as they would on any network. A few GB covers a city break of maps and messaging - size up if you plan to stream or tether a laptop.
Heading to the islands? The eSIM works on Madeira and across the main Azorean islands, covering Funchal, Ponta Delgada and the popular hiking and whale-watching spots. Coverage is strongest in and around the towns, so download offline maps before heading into the more remote levada trails or crater hikes.
Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve are on UK time all year and change their clocks on the same weekends, so there is no jet lag at all - and Madeira is on UK time too. Only the Azores are an hour behind. Flights are short: around two hours twenty to Lisbon or Porto, two and a half to three and a half to Faro depending on where you leave from, and just under four to Madeira. Jet2 alone flies to Faro from 13 UK airports.
The Schengen rules apply: no visa for up to 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen area, a passport issued less than ten years before you arrive, and at least three months' validity after the day you leave. Border officers can also ask to see a return or onward ticket and that you have enough money for your stay.
Since April 2026 the EU's Entry/Exit System takes your fingerprints and a photo the first time you cross, instead of a passport stamp. The Foreign Office points out that the EU's optional Travel to Europe app can speed this up at Portuguese airports. ETIAS is not running yet; nothing needs to be applied for in advance today. Check gov.uk's current guidance (updated 11 August 2026) before you travel.
Sockets are the European two-pin kind (types C and F), so you need an adaptor. Portugal, Madeira and the Azores are in the Europe zone of every big UK network, but EE, Vodafone and Three charge by the day on most plans started since 2021; O2 does not. The table below has the figures.
Yes. The Portugal plan covers Madeira and the main Azorean islands as well as the mainland, so the same eSIM works if your trip combines Lisbon or Porto with an island stay. Coverage is best in and near the towns.
Yes - you will have data across the Lisbon Metro and on Comboios de Portugal (CP) routes between the main cities, so the live transit and timetable apps work on the move. Signal can briefly drop in long tunnels, as with any mobile network.
Coverage is strong along the Algarve coast and the main routes. Very remote parts of the Alentejo interior can be patchy, so download offline maps if you are heading well off the beaten track.
Yes. Mainland Portugal and Madeira keep UK time all year, changing their clocks on the same dates. The Azores are one hour behind.
The cost of using your UK plan in Portugal, network by network, from each network’s own price guide (checked 8 October 2026). Prices are for current plans; older plans are sometimes cheaper.
| Network | Cost in Portugal | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| EE | £2.72 a day | Included if you joined before 7 July 2021, or on Essentials Plus, All Rounder or Full Works |
| O2 | Included | Up to 25GB a month |
| Vodafone | £2.75 a day | Included on plans from before 11 August 2021, or with Euro Roam or Global Roam |
| Three | £2.75 a day | £2 if you joined between 1 October 2021 and 17 December 2025; free before then and on pay as you go |
| Tesco Mobile | Included | Home From Home, no usage cap |
| Sky Mobile | £2 per 24 hours | Roaming Passport Plus; free for Sky VIP Diamond |
| giffgaff | Included | Up to 5GB per plan, for up to 63 days |
| VOXI | £2.60 a day | European Roaming Pass; £15 for 8 days |
| SMARTY | Included | Up to 12GB a month |
| iD Mobile | Included | Up to 30GB a month |
Every network, zone and join-date rule is explained in UK mobile roaming charges compared.
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Support was helpful. Cheaper than roaming. Hassle-free. Data lasted the whole trip
Bruno, on their Portugal
