Traveller using mobile data in Portugal with a Snoozim eSIM

eSIM for Portugal

Data on your phone the moment you land in Portugal. No account, no app, no shop.

Choose your data

For one to two weeks of maps, messaging and the odd video.

Buy up to 180 days before you fly: the plan only starts when the eSIM connects at your destination.

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Portugal eSIM · 5 GB · 30 days 6,29 €

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Will it work on my phone?

On iPhone: Settings → General → About, and scroll to EID. If there is an EID, your phone takes eSIMs. Every iPhone from the XS (2018) onwards does.

On Android: Settings → About phone → Status, and look for EID. If there is an EID, your phone takes eSIMs. Most Galaxy S20, Pixel 3 and later do.

It also has to be carrier-unlocked. If you bought it outright or your contract is over, it almost certainly is.

And if it turns out yours cannot use it, write to us and you get every cent back.

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How it works

  1. 1Choose and payCard, Apple Pay or Google Pay. No account.
  2. 2Install it at homeThe QR arrives by email. Scan it on wifi in a minute.
  3. 3Connect when you landTurn on data roaming for the eSIM and you are online.
Coverage

The networks you connect to in Portugal

  • Vodafone 5G
  • NOS 5G

Your phone picks whichever of these has the best signal where you are, and switches on its own. Nothing to configure.

Coverage and data use in Portugal

Your phone roams onto the local networks listed above, the same masts a local SIM uses. Coverage is theirs, not ours: where they reach, you do.

What 4G and 5G change in practice

For maps, messaging, email and social media the difference is small — 4G handles all of it comfortably. 5G shows up on large downloads and when uploading video. If a network here is listed as 4G, nothing you normally do while travelling will feel slower.

How much data a day actually costs you

Rough daily figures, the same ones our calculator uses:

Maps, messaging and email100 MB a day
Add social media and browsing300 MB a day
Heavy use, plenty of photos uploaded700 MB a day
Some video on top+250 MB a day
Video most evenings+900 MB a day

So how many GB for a week?

At 300 MB a day a week comes to about 2 GB, which is why the 3 GB pack covers most short trips. Add video most evenings and you are closer to 8 GB for the same week. If you are unsure, the calculator asks five questions and works it out.

Work out my data

Portugal is in the European Union, so if you are travelling from another European country your own plan already covers data. This eSIM is built for visitors arriving from outside the EU — Brazil, the UK, the United States — where roaming is billed at international rates, and for long stays where you would rather not use up your home allowance.

Crossing borders?

One pack, 33 countries

The packs above only work in Portugal. For about 3 € more these work across all of Europe — same eSIM, nothing to change at the border.

3 GB
Europe · 33 countries · 15 days
6,90 €
2,30 €/GB
20 GB
Europe · 33 countries · 30 days
23,90 €
1,20 €/GB
Questions

Travelling to Portugal, answered

Do I need it if I am coming from Spain?

Usually not: EU roaming covers Portugal at no extra cost. It pays off if your plan has a small allowance, or if you are staying for weeks and would rather not use it up.

I am coming from Brazil. How much does that change?

Quite a lot. Brazil sits outside the European Union, so your operator bills Portugal as intercontinental roaming, usually per day of use or per megabyte and at steep rates. This eSIM is a local Portuguese plan: you pay once, you know what it costs, and there is no surprise bill waiting when you get home.

Which networks will I connect to in Portugal?

Vodafone and NOS, both on 5G. Your phone picks whichever has the best signal and switches on its own. Two networks show their worth on the coast and inland, where coverage varies between operators.

I am visiting Portugal and Spain. One pack?

Not this one: it covers Portugal only. The 33-country Europe pack covers both — same eSIM, nothing to change at the border.

Before you pay

What you get, and what happens if it fails

Who is behind this

A person, not a call centre

Snoozim is run from Barcelona by Ibai Guirado Vera. It exists because paying for roaming by the day on a short trip made no sense. If something goes wrong with your eSIM you write, and the same person who built this answers you, within 24 hours.

Ibai Guirado Vera Founder · Barcelona

Free plan upgrade

Pay for one plan, get the next one

Leave your email and we send you your code: pay for the plan you pick and we give you the next bigger one, same price (for example, pay for 3 GB and get 5 GB). Valid for one eSIM.

Travelling later?

Book before you land

Buying early costs you nothing. Your plan does not start counting until your phone first connects to a network abroad.

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