eSIM Israel
Israel from 1,95€ runs on Hot Mobile and Pelephone here: data plans from 1GB up to 20GB or unlimited, prepaid and with no contract, so you are online a few minutes after landing in Tel Aviv.
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2GB highspeed/day, then unlimited at 1Mbps
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 Israel?
Get connected in under 2 minutes
Buy it and get the QR code
Pick your data plan, pay, and the QR code plus a setup link arrive by email, usually within minutes. No ID upload, no contract, no queue at a counter.
Set it up before you fly
Install the eSIM calmly at home over Wi-Fi, either with the link or the QR code. It stays quiet until you land — at Ben Gurion near Tel Aviv or at Ramon near Eilat.
Switch it on after landing
Set the eSIM as your data line and turn data roaming on for it. Hot Mobile or Pelephone registers you, and that is the moment your plan starts running. No APN to type in.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Israel?
Your eSIM picks whichever Israeli network has the better signal on its own — there is nothing for you to set up.
The Simbye eSIM uses 2 networks in Israel: Hot Mobile · Pelephone.
Source: nPerf averages, 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2025.
You get access to two Israeli networks, Hot Mobile and Pelephone. Your phone decides between them by signal strength and switches as you move, so there is nothing to choose at checkout. If you do get stuck in a valley or behind thick old city walls, you can switch network selection from automatic to manual once and pick the other one by hand. No APN needs to be typed in anywhere. It is worth knowing how Israel builds its masts: Pelephone built its 4G network together with Cellcom, and Hot Mobile built its own together with Partner. You are on the same infrastructure the big Israeli carriers use.
Coverage is dense wherever people live: Tel Aviv and the Gush Dan area, Jerusalem, Haifa, Netanya, Herzliya, Ashdod and Be'er Sheva, plus the whole coastal strip in between. The routes travellers actually take are covered too — Highway 6 and the coast road, the train line from the airport up to Jerusalem, the Dead Sea with Ein Gedi and the climb to Masada, the Sea of Galilee with Tiberias, Nazareth, Akko, and Eilat down on the Red Sea. It thins out in the Ramon Crater, in the wadis of the Negev desert, in parts of the Golan Heights and in narrow Galilee valleys. And the network stops at the border: in Jordan and in Sinai this plan leaves you offline.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Israel?
Israel makes the eSIM the practical choice: shops close from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening, while yours can be bought and topped up at any hour, and no passport is handed over. A local card brings a +972 number instead.
Why your home contract gets expensive in Israel
For almost every mobile contract in the world, Israel sits outside what the monthly price already covers. What your provider charges there lives in a price list nobody reads before a trip: sometimes a daily pass, sometimes a rate per megabyte, sometimes both in tiers, and something different again for calls. You only see the result on the bill weeks later, when nothing can be changed any more.
That is exactly why a prepaid plan pays off for this country, whether you are coming from the United States, Turkey, Brazil, Japan or Germany. You fix an amount before you fly, and it cannot get more expensive than that. When the data is gone, you top up or you leave it. No contract, no notice period, no surprise charge next month.
Where Hot Mobile and Pelephone actually reach
The populated areas are well covered: Tel Aviv and Gush Dan, Jerusalem, Haifa, Netanya, Herzliya, Ashdod and Be'er Sheva along with the coastal strip in between. The tourist routes have signal too — the Dead Sea, Ein Gedi and the climb to Masada, Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Akko, Mount Carmel and Eilat right down south. Whether it is a local SIM or this eSIM: Israeli carriers share their radio networks in pairs — Partner with Hot Mobile, Cellcom with Pelephone.
It thins out where almost nobody lives: the Ramon Crater, the wadis of the Negev desert, parts of the Golan Heights and steep valleys in Galilee. Expect dead spots there and download your route offline first. And the network stops at the border: a day trip to Petra or a hop over to Sinai is no longer covered by this plan. In the West Bank, in Bethlehem or Jericho for instance, Israeli networks are reachable in many places but patchy — do not rely on them there.
How much data do you need in Israel?
So you can work it out instead of guessing: how much an hour costs in the apps you actually use on holiday.
Just staying reachable
1–3 GB
Messages, the map now and then, checking mail. Everything else runs on the hotel Wi-Fi.
An ordinary holiday
5–10 GB
Navigating, social media, uploading photos, a few videos in the evening.
Out a lot, or a laptop along
20 GB and up
Streaming in the evening, video calls home, keeping a laptop or tablet online through your phone.
Data used per hour
The Netflix and Spotify figures come from the providers themselves (Netflix Help Center, Spotify Support, retrieved 28 Aug 2026). The rest are network-operator estimates (o2, Vodafone, EE) and vary with picture quality and reception.
What does an eSIM for Israel cost?
Simbye offers 8 plans for Israel from €1,95 to €56,95 — data packs from €1,95, unlimited from €23,95. Prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Israel range from 1 GB to 20 GB, plus unlimited options.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Israel.
| Plan | Validity | Price | Per travel day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | 7 days | €1,95 | €0,27 |
| 3 GB | 30 days | €4,95 | €0,16 |
| 5 GB | 30 days | €6,95 | €0,23 |
| 10 GB | 30 days | €11,95 | €0,39 |
| 20 GB | 30 days | €18,95 | €0,63 |
| Unlimited | 7 days | €23,95 | — |
| Unlimited | 15 days | €37,95 | — |
| Unlimited | 30 days | €56,95 | — |
- Networks
- Hot Mobile + Pelephone
- 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 Israel eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
