eSIM North America
North America eSIM from 4,95€ for the USA, Canada and Mexico: 1 to 20 GB on the local networks, prepaid with no contract and no registration, online the moment you land at JFK in New York.
Your Selection
Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.
How does Simbye eSIM work for North America?
Get connected in under 2 minutes
Pick a plan and buy it
Choose the amount of data that fits your route. Right after the purchase you get an email with a link and a QR code.
Set it up before you fly
Install the eSIM at home on Wi-Fi. After landing at New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX), Toronto (YYZ), Vancouver (YVR), Cancún (CUN) or Mexico City (MEX) there is nothing left to look for.
Turn on data roaming, done
Switch data roaming on for the new line and you are online. The plan starts with the first connection on the ground, and there is nothing to type in by hand.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which countries does this eSIM for North America cover?
The plan works in these 3 countries: one eSIM covers the whole round trip, with nothing to change or buy again when you cross a border.
Network list from our provider, as of August 2026. Which network you get depends on coverage where you are.
eSIM or a local SIM card in North America?
For a North America trip the eSIM answers itself: one plan carries you from Canada into the States and on to Mexico, while local cards mean buying and swapping a fresh SIM at every border, leftover data staying behind.
| Compared | Simbye eSIM | Local SIM card |
|---|---|---|
| Crossing a border | Stays active, from Canada into the US and on to Mexico with no swap | Buy and swap a new card in each country |
| Ready before you leave | Yes, set up with the QR code from your email | No, only after you land in the country |
| Time after landing | Online at the gate | Find a shop, queue, fit the card and set it up |
| Data and validity | 1 to 20 GB, 7 to 90 days, chosen before the trip | A separate bundle per country, leftovers stay behind |
| Contract and registration | Prepaid, no contract, no registration | Rules differ by country and provider |
| Phone number included | No, data only, no calls or SMS | Usually comes with a local number |
| Hotspot | Allowed, laptop and tablet can share it | Allowed or blocked depending on the provider |
| Language at the counter | No conversation needed | Sales talk in English, French or Spanish |
North America eSIM: why one plan for the whole region leaves fewer leftovers than three country eSIMs
Roaming on your home contract is expensive on this route and hard to keep track of, because every provider sets its own daily rates and throttling limits. Three separate country eSIMs are no better: you pay three base prices, three minimum data bundles and three validity periods that keep counting down while you are somewhere else. Whatever is left on the Canada plan does not travel with you to Mexico. One eSIM plan for the whole region avoids that: you book 1 to 20 GB for 7 to 90 days and spread the data over the route yourself.
Then there is the moment at the border itself. That is exactly when you need the map, the booking confirmation and a translation, and exactly when a country eSIM would have you digging through your phone settings. On the usual routes this happens more often than people expect: Seattle to Vancouver, the drive to Niagara Falls, San Diego to Tijuana, or the onward flight from the US to Cancún. With this plan you simply connect to the next network and keep going.
Where coverage gets thin
In cities and along the major highways, North America is well served. Leave the main routes and that changes. Many national parks deliberately have very few masts; in Death Valley, across large parts of Nevada and Utah, in the Rockies around Banff and Jasper, and above all in northern Canada with Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, you will have stretches with no signal at all. The same goes for the mountain regions of Mexico, long desert stretches in Baja California, and small towns off the toll roads. That is the state of the networks on the ground, not the eSIM: a card from the shop next door has no signal there either.
So plan for offline. Download maps for the leg while you still have signal or Wi-Fi, and tell someone which route you are driving. Do not expect 5G everywhere either, as 4G is the norm in rural areas. The eSIM does not work on ferries, cruise ships or in flight, where only the onboard network applies.
Data-only plan: no phone number, no calls and no SMS over the network. Your usual number stays reachable on your phone as long as you leave it switched on, and calls over WhatsApp, FaceTime or Zoom run on the data.
What does an eSIM for North America cost?
Simbye offers 5 plans for North America from €4,95 to €36,95 — prepaid, no contract.
Plans for North America range from 1 GB to 20 GB.
Validity runs from 7 to 90 days and starts with your first connection in North America.
| Plan | Validity | Price | Per travel day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | 7 days | €4,95 | €0,70 |
| 3 GB | 30 days | €11,95 | €0,39 |
| 5 GB | 30 days | €16,95 | €0,56 |
| 10 GB | 30 days | €23,95 | €0,79 |
| 20 GB | 90 days | €36,95 | €0,41 |
Frequently Asked Questions about North America eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
