eSIM Tunisia
The Tunisia eSIM from 2,95€ runs on Ooredoo Tunisie and Tunisie Telecom, prepaid with 1 to 20 GB, no contract and no registration – you are online right after landing in Tunis or Enfidha.
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2GB highspeed/day, then unlimited at 1Mbps
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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 Tunisia?
Set it up at home
You order the eSIM and get an email with a link and a QR code right away. Set it up calmly on your home Wi-Fi, even days before your flight. Nothing starts running yet.
Land in Tunisia
Whether you arrive at Tunis-Carthage, Enfidha-Hammamet, Djerba-Zarzis, Monastir or Tozeur-Nefta: after landing, switch data roaming on for the eSIM, your phone registers on one of the Tunisian networks and the validity begins. Everything else happens by itself.
Stay online on the road
Sharing a hotspot with your laptop or travel companions is allowed. When your data runs low, you top up at any time. Keep your usual SIM in the phone and switch its data roaming off so it cannot cost you anything.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Tunisia?
After you land, your phone registers by itself with Ooredoo Tunisie or Tunisie Telecom – you do not have to pick a network.
The Simbye eSIM uses 2 networks in Tunisia: Tunisie Telecom · Ooredoo Tunisie.
| Networks | Download | Upload | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisie Telecom | 77Mbit/s | 18Mbit/s | 41ms |
 | 77Mbit/s | 18Mbit/s | 41ms |
Source: nPerf averages, 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2025.
You do not have to pick a network. After you land, your phone registers by itself with one of the two operators, depending on which one carries better where you are, and there is nothing to enter by hand. If nothing happens after a few minutes, switch flight mode on and off and check that data roaming is on for the eSIM. Leave network selection on automatic – if you pick a network by hand, you can end up with no connection at all.
The plan runs on 4G. Along the coast and in the cities coverage is dense; going south – Tozeur, Douz, Matmata – it thins out and is often slower. On the desert tracks the signal can disappear completely, and that is true for any SIM card and any eSIM.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Tunisia?
Tunisia rewards the eSIM: your passport stays in your bag, and you skip hunting for dinar you may not bring in or out. A local card gives you a Tunisian number, but only after the counter and a SIM swap.
| Feature |  Simbye eSIM |
Local SIM card |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | At home before your flight, via the link or QR code in the email | Only after landing, at the counter in Tunis-Carthage airport or a shop in town |
| ID check | No registration, your passport stays in your bag | You show your passport and the card is registered in your name |
| Payment | Online before the trip, in your usual currency | Cash in dinar at an Ooredoo or Tunisie Telecom shop, changed inside the country – you may neither bring dinar in nor take it out |
| Your existing number | Stays active, you remain reachable for calls and texts | Without a second SIM slot your card has to come out and your number goes offline |
| Local phone number | None, this is a data-only plan | Tunisian number included, calls and SMS possible |
| Time after landing | None, switch data roaming on and you are online | Queue at the counter, registration, activation |
| Topping up | Add data online at any time | Top-up voucher from a kiosk, usually labelled in Arabic or French |
| If something goes wrong | Support by email, in English or German | Back to the shop, where Arabic or French is mostly spoken |
For most travelers the eSIM is the simpler choice: set up before departure, no queuing on arrival.
How much data do you need in Tunisia?
Trip length
How you use your phone
What does an eSIM for Tunisia cost?
from 2,95€
8 plans · 7–30 days · unlimited from 24,95€
Simbye offers 8 plans for Tunisia from 2,95€ to 57,95€ — data packs from 2,95€, unlimited from 24,95€. Prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Tunisia range from 1 GB to 20 GB, plus unlimited options.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Tunisia.
Data plans
Unlimited
- 1 GB 7 days 2,95€ 0,42€ per travel day
- 3 GB 30 days 5,95€ 0,19€ per travel day
- 5 GB 30 days 9,95€ 0,33€ per travel day
- 10 GB 30 days 11,95€ 0,39€ per travel day
- 20 GB 30 days 24,95€ 0,83€ per travel day
- Unlimited 7 days 24,95€ 3,56€ per travel day
- Unlimited 15 days 38,95€ 2,59€ per travel day
- Unlimited 30 days 57,95€ 1,93€ per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Tunisie Telecom + Ooredoo Tunisie
- 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
- Roaming on your home contract gets billed here — this eSIM is prepaid, so nothing is added afterwards
Frequently Asked Questions about Tunisia eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
No, you don't need your passport for an eSIM in Tunisia. For a Tunisian prepaid SIM the shop asks for your passport and registers the card in your name. You buy the eSIM online, with no registration and no paperwork on the ground.
The eSIM in Tunisia uses Ooredoo Tunisie and Tunisie Telecom. After you land your phone registers by itself, you select nothing and you do not need an operator app.
Yes, you can buy the Tunisia eSIM before your flight, and that is the idea; it starts at 2,95€. You buy it online and set it up at home from the link or QR code in the email; the validity only starts when your phone first connects to a network in Tunisia, so even a 7-day plan loses no days.
No, no need to buy a SIM at the airport in Tunisia. At Tunis-Carthage and Enfidha you can get a Tunisian SIM card at a counter, with a queue, your passport and cash in dinar. With the eSIM you walk straight past and are online by the time you leave the terminal.
Roaming in Tunisia on your normal contract is clearly more expensive than at home. For Tunisia most operators bill by the megabyte or sell day passes, and the rate sits in the international price list, not in your tariff summary. Check it before you travel and you will see the difference in black and white.
In the desert in Tunisia, coverage mostly holds inside towns like Tozeur, Douz, Tataouine and Matmata. As soon as you head off towards Ksar Ghilane, the Grand Erg Oriental or across the Chott el Djerid, coverage can disappear entirely, with any SIM card and any eSIM. Download your maps offline beforehand.
You can buy an eSIM for Tunisia right here before you fly and install it in minutes. Choose a data bundle, pay, and the QR code plus a one-tap link arrive by email; scan it at home over Wi-Fi and switch data on when you land in Tunis, Djerba or Monastir.
Yes - an eSIM for Tunisia is a digital data plan. The Tunisian mobile networks carry eSIM roaming profiles, so a travel eSIM connects there like an ordinary SIM — in Tunis, Sousse, Hammamet, Djerba and along the main roads south. Your phone simply has to support eSIM and must not be locked to a carrier.
The mobile internet cost in Tunisia depends on the data size and validity you choose with a travel eSIM — the price table above on this page lists each option with its current price. It is a single payment at checkout, no contract and no monthly charge, so a beach week costs less than a longer stay.
The eSIM that is best for Tunisia depends on your trip. The plan runs on 4G through Ooredoo Tunisie and Tunisie Telecom, dense along the coast and in the cities, thinner going south towards Tozeur, Douz and Matmata. Then it comes down to the data size and how many days you stay. It is data only, with no Tunisian number, so calls are not part of it.
Ready for Tunisia?
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.
