Cheapest eSIM for Portugal
The cheapest eSIM for Portugal right now is Horizon eSIM, 1 GB for 7 Days at $0.34. That is $0.34 per GB.
1630 plans from 58 providers, watched and re-ranked by the real price per gigabyte. Every one is a prepaid travel eSIM for Portugal that you buy online and install before you fly, so it works the moment you land.
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| Rank | Provider | Data | Validity | Price (USD) | Price per GB | Verdict | Get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid placement. It sits above the ranking and does not change it. Advertise here | SponsoredPaid placement. It sits above the ranking and does not change it. Advertise hereMegaEsim Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
10 GB | 30 Days | $5.99 | $0.60 | Sponsored | Get |
| 1 | Horizon eSIM | 1 GB | 7 Days | $0.34 | $0.34 | Best value | Get |
| 2 | Yatelo Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
20 GB | 30 Days | $6.99 | $0.35 | Best value | Get |
| 3 | Telekonek Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
50 GB | 20 Days | $18.00 | $0.36 | Great | Get |
| 4 | Telekonek Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
50 GB | 15 Days | $16.50 | $0.37 | Great | Get |
| 5 | ASIMGO Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10 |
5 GB | 3 Days | $1.94 | $0.39 | Great | Get |
| 6 | AirPlans Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
20 GB | 30 Days | $7.79 | $0.39 | Great | Get |
| 7 | Yatelo Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
10 GB | 30 Days | $3.99 | $0.40 | Great | Get |
| 8 | SparkRoam Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG5 |
50 GB | 30 Days | $19.94 | $0.40 | Great | Get |
| 9 | Tourist eSIM | 20 GB | 30 Days | $8.35 | $0.42 | Great | Get |
| 10 | Wanderly Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOGWILDCARD |
50 GB | 30 Days | $21.99 | $0.44 | Good | Get |
| 11 | SparkRoam Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG5 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $9.22 | $0.46 | Good | Get |
| 12 | ASIMGO Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10 |
20 GB | 7 Days | $9.47 | $0.47 | Good | Get |
| 13 | Wanderly Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOGWILDCARD |
30 GB | 15 Days | $13.99 | $0.47 | Good | Get |
| 14 | Lempart Flex Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
45 GB | 15 Days | $20.99 | $0.47 | Good | Get |
| 15 | Horizon eSIM | 20 GB | 30 Days | $9.62 | $0.48 | Good | Get |
| 16 | AirPlans Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
50 GB | 15 Days | $21.91 | $0.49 | Good | Get |
| 17 | SimSmash | 20 GB | 30 Days | $9.99 | $0.50 | Good | Get |
| 18 | SimSmash | 50 GB | 30 Days | $24.99 | $0.50 | Good | Get |
| 19 | Travel eSIM | 50 GB | 31 Days | $26.68 | $0.53 | Okay | Get |
| 20 | Textr | 20 GB | 30 Days | $11.15 | $0.56 | Okay | Get |
| 21 | AlpineSIM | 50 GB | 31 Days | $28.45 | $0.57 | Okay | Get |
| 22 | Lempart Flex Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
50 GB | 30 Days | $28.49 | $0.57 | Okay | Get |
| 23 | Textr | 10 GB | 30 Days | $5.82 | $0.58 | Okay | Get |
| 24 | AlpineSIM | 20 GB | 31 Days | $11.66 | $0.58 | Okay | Get |
| 25 | eSIMCard Coupon: eSbljricbt |
50 GB | 31 Days | $28.98 | $0.58 | Okay | Get |
| 26 | MegaEsim Coupon: SUMMER10 |
10 GB | 30 Days | $5.99 | $0.60 | Okay | Get |
| 27 | MegaEsim Coupon: SUMMER10 |
50 GB | 30 Days | $29.89 | $0.60 | Okay | Get |
| 28 | Connect Me Guru Coupon: hello-saun |
50 GB | 31 Days | $29.89 | $0.60 | Okay | Get |
| 29 | AdventureSIMs Charged in AUD Coupon: WATCHDOG |
50 GB | 30 Days | $29.92 | $0.60 | Okay | Get |
| 30 | nadanada | 50 GB | 30 Days | $29.99 | $0.60 | Okay | Get |
| 31 | Tourist eSIM | 50 GB | 31 Days | $30.49 | $0.61 | Okay | Get |
| 32 | Travel eSIM | 20 GB | 31 Days | $12.38 | $0.62 | Okay | Get |
| 33 | Connect Me Guru Coupon: hello-saun |
20 GB | 31 Days | $12.49 | $0.62 | Okay | Get |
| 34 | CocoRoam | 50 GB | 30 Days | $31.30 | $0.63 | Okay | Get |
| 35 | eSIMzio Coupon: WATCHDOG15 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $12.75 | $0.64 | Okay | Get |
| 36 | CloudOn | 20 GB | 30 Days | $12.99 | $0.65 | Okay | Get |
| 37 | nadanada | 20 GB | 30 Days | $12.99 | $0.65 | Okay | Get |
| 38 | eSIM Hero | 20 GB | 30 Days | $13.00 | $0.65 | Okay | Get |
| 39 | eSIM Hero | 50 GB | 30 Days | $32.50 | $0.65 | Okay | Get |
| 40 | eSIMCard Coupon: eSbljricbt |
20 GB | 15 Days | $13.17 | $0.66 | Okay | Get |
| 41 | ByteSIM | 30 GB | 10 Days | $19.90 | $0.66 | Okay | Get |
| 42 | CocoRoam | 20 GB | 15 Days | $13.50 | $0.68 | Fair | Get |
| 43 | GigSky | 50 GB | 180 Days | $33.89 | $0.68 | Fair | Get |
| 44 | Simbye Coupon: DOG |
50 GB | 180 Days | $33.99 | $0.68 | Fair | Get |
| 45 | eSIM4Travel | 1 GB | 7 Days | $0.69 | $0.69 | Fair | Get |
| 46 | ByteSIM | 20 GB | 7 Days | $13.90 | $0.70 | Fair | Get |
| 47 | AdventureSIMs Charged in AUD Coupon: WATCHDOG |
20 GB | 30 Days | $13.91 | $0.70 | Fair | Get |
| 48 | GigaPanda | 50 GB | 30 Days | $34.90 | $0.70 | Fair | Get |
| 49 | Breeze | 50 GB | 30 Days | $34.99 | $0.70 | Fair | Get |
| 50 | Airalo | 50 GB | 30 Days | $35.00 | $0.70 | Fair | Get |
| 51 | Nomad | 50 GB | 30 Days | $35.00 | $0.70 | Fair | Get |
| 52 | MobiMatter Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
50 GB | 30 Days | $36.49 | $0.73 | Fair | Get |
| 53 | HiRoaming Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG20FIRST |
20 GB | 30 Days | $14.83 | $0.74 | Fair | Get |
| 54 | MyTravel eSIM | 50 GB | 31 Days | $36.98 | $0.74 | Fair | Get |
| 55 | eSIMzio Coupon: WATCHDOG15 |
10 GB | 30 Days | $7.50 | $0.75 | Fair | Get |
| 56 | eSIM4Travel | 20 GB | 30 Days | $15.02 | $0.75 | Fair | Get |
| 57 | HiRoaming Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG20FIRST |
10 GB | 30 Days | $7.74 | $0.77 | Fair | Get |
| 58 | RoameSIM Coupon: ESMWD10 |
20 GB | 30 Days | $15.31 | $0.77 | Fair | Get |
| 59 | MobiMatter Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG |
35 GB | 30 Days | $26.99 | $0.77 | Fair | Get |
| 60 | eSIMfly | 20 GB | 30 Days | $15.74 | $0.79 | Fair | Get |
733 of these 1630 plans were checked against the seller's own shop on 17 October 2026. The rest come from the seller's own feed or plan pages and are not yet independently checked.
The Watchdog Pick is chosen automatically: the lowest real price per GB of the 1630 plans in this view. Bulk data pools above 50 GB cannot win it, because their per GB rate only exists if you use data no traveller uses. Providers cannot pay for it, and a commission never changes the ranking. Prices are shown in USD and can change at checkout.
Price per GB counts only data you can use inside the validity, at most 3 GB a day, so a big pool on a short validity cannot buy the top spot. Every provider's best two plans come first, then the rest. A plan marked Unverified price undercuts every other provider here by more than half and waits at the end until we have checked it on the seller's site. How we rank
Unlimited rows show the daily amount at full speed. Some rows also show the speed after that amount. A row with no speed does not mean the plan stays fast, so check the plan on the seller's site.
Some links here earn us a commission. It never changes the order. How we make money The row marked Sponsored is a paid placement shown above the ranking, not part of it. Advertise here.
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Cheapest eSIM for Portugal: the numbers
As of 17 October 2026, 06:01 GMT, the cheapest eSIM for Portugal is Horizon eSIM with 1 GB for 7 Days at $0.34. That is $0.34 per GB, the best rate of the 1630 plans we compare from 58 providers. 1049 plans include 5G. 628 support top ups. That timestamp is the exact moment of our latest price check, and the table above always shows the live order.
Which is the best eSIM for Portugal?
There is no single best eSIM for Portugal, because the right plan depends on how long you stay and how much data you use. What we can do is rank the 1630 plans on the numbers, as they stand on 17 October 2026:
- Best value overall Horizon eSIM, 1 GB for 7 Days at $0.34. That is $0.34 per GB, the lowest real rate of every Portugal plan we track.
- Best for a long stay Yatelo, 20 GB for 30 Days at $6.99, $0.35 per GB. The best rate among plans that last 30 days or more.
- Highest daily cap on an unlimited plan ByteSIM, 30 Days at $78.90, full speed up to 10 GB a day. Set that daily cap against the fixed plan above before you pay for the word unlimited.
None of these picks is chosen by a person. Each one is the first row of a sort on live prices, so it changes whenever a provider moves a price, and Horizon eSIM did not pay to be named here.
Which mobile networks does Portugal have?
Regulator ANACOM reports 5G in all 308 Portuguese municipalities and 75.7% of parishes, and 4G reaches over 99% of the population.
- MEO: MEO is the Altice owned incumbent and had the fastest 5G build in the year to Q1 2026, growing its 5G station count 33.5%, with sites in 307 of Portugal's 308 municipalities.
- NOS: NOS has 5G stations in all 308 municipalities and the highest share of its sites carrying 5G, at 94% as of late 2025.
- Vodafone: Vodafone leads Portugal on 5G scale with 5,536 base stations as of Q1 2026, the most of any operator, and covers every municipality.
- Digi: Digi arrived as the budget disruptor and already runs 2,695 5G stations reaching 306 municipalities, forcing the big three to compete on price.
MVNOs matter little in Portugal. The price pressure comes from Digi, whose entry pushed MEO, NOS and Vodafone to sharpen their prepaid offers.
The eSIM plans we compare on this page connect to:
The list above is Portugal's operator market. The badges are the networks our tracked plans actually roam onto, which can be a subset of it, and the same network is sometimes sold to roaming partners under a different brand name. So a guide praising an operator you do not see badged here is describing a local SIM, not the travel eSIMs compared above.
Is 5G available in Portugal?
All four operators run 5G nationwide at municipality level. Vodafone has the most 5G stations, NOS has 5G on almost all of its sites, and cities plus the Algarve are well served.
How much data do you need in Portugal?
Light use is about 500 MB a day. That covers maps, messages, and some browsing. Normal use with photos, social apps, and short videos runs 1 to 1.5 GB a day. Streaming and hotspot use can eat 2 to 3 GB a day. Here is what each size costs in Portugal right now:
Are unlimited eSIMs for Portugal really unlimited?
Not always. 710 of the 1630 plans above are sold as unlimited, and most of them carry a daily fair use cap. A further 38 plans are unlimited in a different way: one capped speed for the whole plan, shown next to the word Unlimited in the table. For Portugal the caps we can see published are 0.3 to 10 GB a day: past that the speed drops, often to 1 Mbps or less, until the clock resets. That is fine for messages and maps, slow for video. At $0.34 per GB from Horizon eSIM, a fixed plan often works out cheaper than unlimited unless you genuinely burn several GB a day. That is why we rank by price per GB and not by the word on the label.
Here is what each seller on this page actually allows per day before it slows you down. No seller publishes this next to its rivals, which is exactly why it is worth showing.
Every seller that publishes a daily allowance is listed on our daily data caps page, with the cheapest plan at each one. The gap between the top and bottom of that table is the whole point. Two plans both sold as unlimited can differ several times over in what you actually get at full speed, and the cheaper one is not always the smaller allowance.
eSIM or a local SIM card at the airport in Portugal?
An eSIM is ready before you land. No queue, no shop, no handing over your passport at a counter for a tourist SIM card. Data for Portugal starts at $0.20 on this page, which is hard for airport kiosks to beat. A local SIM still makes sense if you need a local phone number or plan to stay for months. For a normal trip, the eSIM wins on price and effort.
Setting up your Portugal eSIM
Pick the plan, not the brandThe cheapest rate in Portugal today is $0.34 per GB from Horizon eSIM, against a median of $1.22. The QR code arrives by email within minutes of paying.
Install before you flyScan the QR code on wifi at home. Installation needs a connection, and the one thing you will not have when you land in Portugal is a working connection.
Turn it on when you landEnable the eSIM and turn on data roaming for it, then give it a minute to attach to MEO, NOS, Vodafone. Expect 5G where the network reaches, 4G everywhere else.
Know what happens when it runs out628 of the 1630 plans here can be topped up, so running out is not the end of the trip. If you would rather over buy than top up, the cheapest plan with at least 5 GB is ASIMGO at $1.94.
Good to know before you land in Portugal
EU visitors can roam at home rates. Bring your passport if you want to register a local prepaid SIM.
Vodafone has a store in Lisbon Airport Terminal 1 selling tourist plans from about 20 to 35 euros, such as 20 GB with 500 minutes for 20 euros. City stores are cheaper, with Vodafone Ready data plans at 10 euros for 55 GB.
Skip the airport counter and buy a data heavy prepaid plan in town for half the price. Lycamobile and Digi offer the cheapest data if you shop around in Lisbon or Porto.
Portugal Travel eSIM FAQ
Everything you need to know about using an eSIM in Portugal
What is the cheapest eSIM for Portugal?
Right now the cheapest option ranked by price per GB is Horizon eSIM with 1 GB for 7 Days at $0.34. That works out to $0.34 per GB. Prices change often, so the table above is re-sorted at every price check.
Which is the best eSIM for Portugal?
It depends on the trip, so we rank rather than pick a favourite. On today's prices the best value for Portugal is Horizon eSIM at $0.34 per GB, the lowest real rate of the 1630 plans we compare. For heavy daily use there are 710 unlimited plans, most with a daily fair use cap, and they only win if you genuinely burn several GB a day. Every pick on this page is the first row of a sort on live prices. No provider can pay to be named best.
Is eSIM available in Portugal?
Yes. We track 1630 prepaid travel eSIM plans from 58 providers that work in Portugal, roaming onto MEO, NOS, Vodafone. You need a phone that supports eSIM and is not locked to a carrier; most iPhones from the XS onward and most flagship Android phones from 2019 on qualify.
Which networks will my eSIM connect to in Portugal?
The plans we compare connect to MEO, NOS, Vodafone. The exact network depends on the plan you pick. Check the plan details before you buy if one network matters to you.
Do Portugal eSIMs support 5G?
1049 of the 1630 plans we track for Portugal include 5G where the local network offers it. The rest run on 4G, which is still fine for maps, calls over apps, and video.
Can I buy a Portugal eSIM online before I travel?
Yes, and you should. Every plan on this page is sold online and delivered by email as a QR code within minutes. Install it on wifi at home, leave the line switched off, and turn on data roaming for it when you land in Portugal. The validity clock on most plans only starts when the eSIM first connects.
Can I top up my Portugal eSIM if I run out?
Yes. 628 of the 1630 plans here support top ups, so you can add data without buying a new eSIM. The rest need a fresh plan once the data ends.
Is an eSIM cheaper than a local SIM card in Portugal?
For a trip of days or weeks, usually yes. Data for Portugal starts at $0.20 for 100 MB on this page, with no queue, no shop and no passport handed over at a counter. A local SIM card can still win if you stay for months or need a local phone number.
Will I still receive bank SMS and OTP codes?
Yes, if you keep your home SIM active. Travel eSIMs are data only. Your phone can hold both at once, so leave your normal SIM on for SMS and use the eSIM for data. Turn off roaming data on the home SIM to avoid charges.
Do these eSIMs include a phone number or calls?
The plans we compare are data only, so there is no local number. Calls work fine over WhatsApp, FaceTime, or any app that uses data. If you need a real local number, a local SIM is the better tool.
Does a Portugal eSIM work on iPhone and Android?
Yes, on any carrier unlocked phone with eSIM support: iPhone XS or newer, Google Pixel 3 or newer, Samsung Galaxy S20 or newer and most recent flagships. The plans are identical on both; only the install steps differ, and both take about a minute on wifi.
How many GB do I need for a week in Portugal?
Around 3 to 5 GB covers a week of maps, messaging, and normal browsing. Heavy video or hotspot use needs 1 to 2 GB per day. Today the cheapest plan with at least 5 GB is ASIMGO at $1.94.
Which Portugal eSIM gives the most data per day?
Of the plans sold as unlimited here, ByteSIM allows the most at full speed, 10 GB a day from $4.90. The smallest allowance on this page is 300 MB a day, from 4 sellers. Every one of them is advertised as unlimited, and past the daily allowance the speed drops, often to 1 Mbps or less, until the next day. Check the allowance, not the word.
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How we rank
Prices last checked on 17 October 2026, 06:01 GMT across 1630 plans. Every plan is ranked by the true cost per gigabyte, not marketing claims. We do not take money for rankings, and providers cannot pay for a higher position. Read the full method on our how we rank page.
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