eSIM Romania
Romania eSIM from 1,95€ on Orange, Vodafone and Telekom România with 1 to 20 GB or unlimited, prepaid without a contract and without registration — online the moment you land in Bucharest.
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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 Romania?
Set it up before you fly
You get a link and a QR code by email. Install the eSIM calmly at home on Wi-Fi — nothing starts running yet. The validity only begins when the eSIM first connects to a Romanian network.
Switch it on after landing
Whether you arrive at Bucharest Henri Coandă (Otopeni), Cluj-Napoca Avram Iancu, Timișoara Traian Vuia, Iași, Sibiu, Bacău, Craiova, Târgu Mureș, Suceava or Constanța Mihail Kogălniceanu: turn off airplane mode, switch on data roaming for the Simbye line and set mobile data to that line. You'll be connected within a minute or two, and there's no APN to type in.
Keep your home number active
Leave your usual SIM active as the second line, just without data. Calls and SMS codes from home keep arriving while everything data-related runs over Simbye. If you run low, top up any time without installing a new eSIM.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Romania?
You don't pick a network — the eSIM connects to whichever one comes in best where you are.
The Simbye eSIM uses 4 networks in Romania: Orange · Vodafone · Telekom · DIGI.
| Networks | Download | Upload | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 117Mbit/s | 26Mbit/s | 36ms |
 | 55Mbit/s | 16Mbit/s | 36ms |
 | 39Mbit/s | 12Mbit/s | 53ms |
| DIGI | No independent measurement for this network | ||
Source: nPerf averages, 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2025.
The eSIM isn't tied to one single provider. It uses the Romanian networks Orange România, Vodafone România and Telekom România, and your phone picks whichever comes in best where you are. If you ever have bars but no internet, it often helps to go into your settings under Network selection, switch from automatic to manual and pick another network. Normally there's nothing to set — which of the three networks you end up on is decided where you are.
In Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Brașov, Sibiu, Craiova, Galați and Oradea coverage is solid across the city. The larger ones have 5G; whether your phone gets 4G or 5G depends on the network and your device. Between Otopeni airport and central Bucharest you have signal the whole way, and so you do on the train to Brașov. Along the Black Sea coast around Mamaia, Constanța and Vama Veche, and in the Transylvanian tourist towns — Sighișoara, Bran, Sinaia, Brașov — you'll have reliable signal in town. It gets thin where hardly anyone lives: on the hiking trails in the Făgăraș, Bucegi and Piatra Craiului mountains, on the Transfăgărășan and Transalpina mountain roads, and out between the channels of the Danube Delta beyond Tulcea. No eSIM is better than another out there — that's simply the coverage on the ground, so download your offline map before you go.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Romania?
Romania has no prepaid registration law as of September 2026, so the eSIM simply skips the detour: it is live as you land, while shops still tend to ask for your passport, want lei on the spot and answer in Romanian.
| Feature |  Simbye eSIM |
Local SIM card |
|---|---|---|
| ID required | No, you buy online and you're ready straight away | There is no legal registration duty in Romania, but some shops still ask for your passport |
| When you're online | Right after landing, since you set it up at home | Only once you find a shop that's open |
| Paying | With your own card, up front, at the price you see | In lei (RON), cash or card on the spot — the price depends on the provider and where you buy |
| Phone number | None, it's a data-only plan | Comes with a Romanian +40 number |
| Calls and SMS | Not over the network, only through WhatsApp and similar apps | Work normally |
| Your home number | Stays active as a second line, SMS codes keep arriving | On a single-slot phone you have to take it out |
| Topping up | Online, in a few minutes, from anywhere | Credit at a kiosk or in the operator's app, whose menus are often Romanian only |
| If something goes wrong | Email support in English and German | Back to the shop, usually advice in Romanian only |
For most travelers the eSIM is the simpler choice: set up before departure, no queuing on arrival.
How much data do you need in Romania?
Trip length
How you use your phone
What does an eSIM for Romania cost?
from 1,95€
8 plans · 7–30 days · unlimited from 19,95€
Simbye offers 8 plans for Romania from 1,95€ to 47,95€ — data packs from 1,95€, unlimited from 19,95€. Prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Romania range from 1 GB to 20 GB, plus unlimited options.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Romania.
Data plans
Unlimited
- 1 GB 7 days 1,95€ 0,27€ per travel day
- 3 GB 30 days 3,95€ 0,13€ per travel day
- 5 GB 30 days 5,95€ 0,19€ per travel day
- 10 GB 30 days 11,95€ 0,39€ per travel day
- 20 GB 30 days 18,95€ 0,63€ per travel day
- Unlimited 7 days 19,95€ 2,85€ per travel day
- Unlimited 15 days 33,95€ 2,26€ per travel day
- Unlimited 30 days 47,95€ 1,59€ per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Orange + Vodafone + Telekom
- Setting it up
- A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
- Network technology
- 4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
- APN and settings
- Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
- Hotspot
- Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
- Adding more data
- Top up any time, without setting anything up again
- Calls and texts
- Not included — WhatsApp calls run over the data
- Your own number
- Stays in the phone and stays reachable
- Contract
- None. The plan ends by itself
- Worth knowing
- Prepaid instead of a contract — useful as a second line, or when your own data allowance is used up
Frequently Asked Questions about Romania eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
An eSIM for Romania starts at 1,95€, with sizes from 1 to 20 GB or unlimited and 7 to 30 days of validity. You see the price at each size above, you pay up front with your own card, and nothing gets billed afterwards.
You do need an eSIM in Romania if your provider doesn't cover it for roaming, your abroad allowance is capped, your work phone has roaming off, or you simply want to travel prepaid without a contract. If your plan already covers Romania at no extra charge, you save nothing with us — we'd rather tell you that first.
No, you don't get a Romanian phone number. This is a data-only plan with no number. Calls and SMS over the network don't work with it. WhatsApp, Signal and FaceTime calls work as normal, because those run over the data.
Yes, your bank's SMS codes will still reach you as long as you keep your usual SIM active as a second line and switch only mobile data to Simbye. The data eSIM itself can't receive any SMS.
No, you needn't register or hand over your passport in Romania. Romania has no registration requirement for prepaid cards — the law that would have allowed sales only against an ID document was struck down by the Constitutional Court in 2019. There's also no network block and no block on calls over WhatsApp.
No, it doesn't work in Bulgaria or Moldova - Romania only. For a trip across the Danube into Bulgaria or over to Chișinău you'd need a different plan.
In the Danube Delta and the Carpathians, signal reaches the towns: Tulcea, Sulina, Sinaia, Brasov. On the ridges of the Făgăraș and Bucegi mountains, on the Transfăgărășan and out between the delta channels there are dead spots. That applies to every eSIM and every Romanian SIM alike, it's the coverage on the ground. Download maps offline beforehand, and in the mountains carry a line you can make calls from.
You can buy an eSIM for Romania online and install it before you fly. Choose your plan on this page, pay, and the QR code with the manual details lands in your inbox within minutes. Scan it over Wi-Fi at home, then turn the line on after landing in Bucharest, Cluj or Timisoara.
Yes, an eSIM for Romania is a digital SIM that local networks carry exactly like a normal card. You get 4G and 5G data in Bucharest, Brasov, Cluj and Constanta, plus reliable reception along the main roads, so maps, ride apps and messaging all work from the moment you land.
How much data you need for Romania is about 1 to 3 GB a week for maps, ride apps and WhatsApp around Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca or Brasov. A road trip through Transylvania with daily photo uploads sits nearer 5 to 10 GB. Streaming on the train to Brașov, video calls home or a laptop on the hotspot is the heavy end, and that is where the biggest sizes on this page fit.
Ready for Romania?
Pick a plan, tap the link in your email — you are online from the moment you land.
Choose a planPrepaid, no contract. The plan simply ends on its own.
