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eSIM price per GB
across Europe

What a gigabyte actually costs, priced across a fixed panel of 11 international resellers, ranked cheapest first, with the monthly trend so you can see where prices are heading.

Cheapest Italy $5.32Median $5.60/GBAverage $5.86/GBas of September 2026
Legacy methodology V1 · This page uses the Observatory’s historical V1 methodology (catalog averages, variable panel). Since Q4 2026, comparative benchmarks use the V2 methodology (fixed tiers, per-destination competitor median). V1 and V2 series are not directly comparable. See the V2 benchmark →

Regional price trend

Median price per GB across 43 European destinations, month by month.

Jun 26 $0.94Jul 26 $0.94Aug 26 $0.94Sep 26 $0.94$0.94Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26
Median $5.60/GBTrend stable vs Aug 26Cheapest ItalyPriciest Monaco43 destinations
DestinationPrice/GB3-month trendMain operator
Italy$5.32stableTIMView →
Ukraine$5.38stableKyivstarView →
France$5.42stableOrangeView →
Latvia$5.45stableLMTView →
Slovakia$5.46stableOrangeView →
Bulgaria$5.48stableA1View →
Spain$5.50stableMovistarView →
Portugal$5.50stableMEOView →
Cyprus$5.50stableCytaView →
Estonia$5.51stableTeliaView →
Sweden$5.52stableTeliaView →
Norway$5.52stableTelenorView →
Finland$5.52stableElisaView →
Denmark$5.53stableTDC / NuudayView →
Lithuania$5.54stableTeliaView →
Croatia$5.55stableHrvatski TelekomView →
Poland$5.55stableOrangeView →
Liechtenstein$5.56stableTelecom Liechtenstein (FL1)View →
Czech Republic$5.57stableO2View →
Luxembourg$5.57stablePOST LuxembourgView →
Belgium$5.59stableProximusView →
Germany$5.60stableDeutsche TelekomView →
United Kingdom$5.60stableEEView →
Hungary$5.60stableMagyar TelekomView →
Greece$5.61stableCosmoteView →
Netherlands$5.64stableKPNView →
Romania$5.64stableOrangeView →
Iceland$5.65stableSiminnView →
Turkey$5.71stableTurkcellView →
Ireland$5.76stableVodafoneView →
Slovenia$5.76stableTelekom SlovenijeView →
Austria$5.77stableA1View →
Switzerland$5.84stableSwisscomView →
Malta$5.86stableEpicView →
North Macedonia$6.12stableA1View →
Montenegro$6.23stableCrnogorski TelekomView →
Serbia$6.25stableTelekom Srbija (mts)View →
Bosnia and Herzegovina$6.27stableBH TelecomView →
Albania$6.37stableVodafoneView →
Andorra$6.50stableAndorra TelecomView →
Moldova$6.51stableOrangeView →
San Marino$6.72stableSan Marino TelecomView →
Monaco$11.34stableMonaco TelecomView →

Methodology

Each figure is the price of one gigabyte of prepaid eSIM data across a fixed panel of 11 international resellers (eSIM Voyage, Airalo, Nomad, Saily, Ubigi, Yesim, BNESIM, Jetpac, aloSIM, Instabridge, Maya Mobile). Our sister observatory esimvoyage.fr records retail prices every week from public catalogues and the esimdb aggregator. For every plan we compute the price per gigabyte, average those readings per destination, then take the regional median across the 43 European destinations that DriftEuropa sells and that the panel prices. Prices are collected in EUR and converted to USD at the European Central Bank reference rate frozen on the publication date.

Snapshots from June 2026. Next refresh: October 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How is price per GB calculated in Europe?

It is the median price per GB of mid-tier travel eSIM plans, normally 2 to 49 GB, across a fixed panel of 11 international resellers. 1 GB teasers and 50 GB or larger bulk bundles are excluded.

Does this index show local SIM prices?

No. It measures travel-eSIM retail prices. Local tourist SIM references are shown separately in the operator reference.

How often is the Europe dataset updated?

The dataset is refreshed monthly. Each page shows its current update month and links to the open data-europe.json source file.

Can I cite or reuse these european connectivity figures?

Yes. The dataset and derived figures are published under CC BY 4.0. Credit DriftEuropa and link to the relevant page or source file.

Cite this data
DriftEuropa, "eSIM Price-per-GB Index, Europe", September 2026. https://drifteuropa.com/data/data-europe.json

Open data under CC BY 4.0. Free to reuse with attribution.

Connectivity beyond price and allowance

Internet disruptions and eSIMs: Europe edition. Historical cases and declared eSIM networks for five selected destinations. Not a country risk ranking or proof of provider resilience.

DriftEuropa Price-per-GB Index · open data: data-europe.json · updated September 2026