Prepaid travel data for Spain 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.
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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.
Movistar, Vodafone, or Orange for Spain? Prices start at £2.59. An honest look at Spain's big three networks and what a travel eSIM actually connects to.
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This single plan covers all of Spain - Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia and everywhere in between - so you do not need a different eSIM for each city. Scan the QR code before you travel, turn off airplane mode when you land, and you are online immediately.
There is no separate "Madrid eSIM" or "Barcelona eSIM": it is one Spain-wide plan that keeps working as you move around the country.
Install the eSIM at home and it connects automatically when you switch off airplane mode at Madrid-Barajas (MAD), Barcelona-El Prat (BCN), Palma (PMI) or Malaga (AGP). You can order a taxi, buy a metro ticket or check your hotel directions before you have left the arrivals hall.
Spain's networks - Movistar, Vodafone, Orange and Yoigo - give you fast 5G across the cities and solid 4G almost everywhere else. The plan also covers the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza) and the Canary Islands, so a beach week on the islands is connected too.
For a typical trip of maps, messaging and the odd video call a few GB is plenty; choose a larger plan if you will be streaming or working from a laptop.
Because it is a nationwide plan, the same eSIM keeps working on every excursion - a day trip from Madrid to Toledo or Segovia, the Alhambra in Granada, or a fast AVE train between Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Valencia. You stay online for the whole journey, no new plan required when you change cities.
You can visit Spain without a visa for up to 90 days in any 180 - but that allowance covers the whole Schengen area, so days in France, Portugal or Italy in the same period count towards it. Your passport has to meet two tests: issued less than ten years before the day you arrive, and valid for at least three months after the day you plan to leave.
Since 10 April 2026 the EU's Entry/Exit System is fully running: the first time you cross, you give fingerprints and a photo at the border instead of having your passport stamped. It is free, children aged 11 or under are only photographed, and the record lasts three years, so the first trip takes longer at passport control than the next ones. Allow for it on a tight airport transfer.
ETIAS, the EU travel authorisation, is not running yet: the EU says no applications are being taken and the start date will be announced several months in advance. When it starts it will cost 20 euros. Any website charging you for one today is not the official service.
Mainland Spain and the Balearics are one hour ahead of the UK all year. Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are on the same time as the UK, and change their clocks on the same weekends. Flights reflect the distance too: about two hours to Barcelona, two and a half to Palma, nearly three to Málaga, and four to four and a half to the Canaries.
Sockets are the European two-pin kind (types C and F), so pack an adaptor. Spain is in the Europe zone of every big UK network, but EE, Vodafone and Three add a daily charge on most plans started since 2021 (O2 does not) - the table below shows each network's.
Yes. The Spain plan covers the mainland plus the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza) and the Canary Islands, so the same eSIM works whether you are in Madrid or on a beach in Ibiza.
Yes - you will have data on the AVE and other high-speed routes between the major cities. Coverage can dip briefly in long tunnels, but reconnects automatically.
No. It is one Spain-wide plan - the same eSIM works in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia and everywhere else in the country, including on day trips between them.
Not yet. The EU says ETIAS is not in operation and no applications are being collected (checked 8 October 2026). It will cost 20 euros once it starts, and the EU will announce the date several months ahead.
Yes. The Canary Islands keep the same time as the UK all year. Mainland Spain and the Balearics are one hour ahead.
The cost of using your UK plan in Spain, 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 Spain | 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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