Saint Martin eSIM – mobile data for your trip
Saint Martin

eSIM Saint Martin

Saint Martin eSIM from 1,95€ on the Orange network: prepaid data packs, no contract and no registration, set up by QR code and online the minute you land at Princess Juliana Airport.

7 to 30 days available
Works on iPhone and Android
Hotspot ready for your laptop
Money-back guarantee
Secure payment
1GB
Valid for 7 Days
2,44€ 1,95€
3GB
Valid for 30 Days
6,19€ 4,95€
Popular
5GB
Valid for 30 Days
8,69€ 6,95€
10GB
Valid for 30 Days
14,94€ 11,95€
20GB
Valid for 30 Days
23,69€ 18,95€

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How does Simbye eSIM work for Saint Martin?

Get connected in under 2 minutes

1

Sorted before you take off

You order, we send an email with a link — that is the whole setup. Tap it once and the eSIM joins your normal SIM inside the phone. It uses no data and no days yet, so you can do this relaxed at home before the trip starts.

2

One switch when you land

When you arrive in Marigot or Grand Case, turn on data roaming for the Simbye line — nothing else. Your phone registers on the Orange network by itself, usually within moments. The setting sits under mobile data and flipping it takes just a few seconds.

3

Stay reachable, top up anytime

Your everyday number stays live, since your own SIM keeps its slot — calls and messages arrive as always while Simbye carries the data. Need more between beach days? A few taps in the app and extra data is on the line, without setting anything up twice.

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Which networks will you be on in Saint Martin?

Your phone connects to Orange on the French side and holds it from Marigot and Grand Case to Orient Bay.

Orange

There is no operator to pick. The line runs on Orange and your phone latches on by itself — no APN to enter, no profile to install, no app to open first. Whether you arrive by air or step off the ferry at Marigot, switch on data roaming for the Simbye line and the bars are usually there within a minute. If nothing shows after a couple of minutes, put the phone into airplane mode, count to ten and switch it back off; that clears most of it. Still quiet? Open the network settings, turn off automatic selection and choose the network from the list by hand — worth doing anywhere near the southern border, where phones on a small island like to wander.

Marigot, Grand Case, Orient Bay, Anse Marcel, Cul-de-Sac and the built-up stretch around Sandy Ground and Baie Nettlé are the reliable parts, and the road that loops the French side carries fine between them. It fades where the island goes quiet: the climb up Pic Paradis and the trails through the interior, the walk over to Happy Bay and Petites Cayes, the far corners of the Terres Basses and the back of the lagoon. Offshore counts as well — the boat out to Îlet Pinel or Tintamarre, and any longer crossing over to Anguilla or Saint Barth, will drop you. One thing worth knowing: this line is at home on the French northern half, so if you cross the border south into Dutch Sint Maarten, check what your phone has latched onto down there.

eSIM or a local SIM card in Saint Martin?

Go with the eSIM here — one island, two sides, two currencies and an identity check make buying locally more trouble than it is worth. Only a local number for calling a villa host argues the other way.

Simbye eSIM
When you are online
Usually live as you land, or as the ferry ties up at Marigot.
ID and registration
No identity check, no form, no passport left on a shop counter.
Where you get it
On your phone at home — no shop hunt in Marigot or Philipsburg.
Paying for it
Card payment at home, in your own currency, before you set off.
Your own number
Your normal number keeps working alongside it on the very same phone.
Topping up
Add data from Orient Bay or Grand Case, with a few taps.
Signal and network
The line runs on Orange and registers on its own, no picking.
A local phone number
It carries no local number; WhatsApp calls to home work as usual.
Local SIM card
When you are online
You arrive first, then go looking for a shop that is open.
ID and registration
French rules apply, so identification is required before a prepaid line works.
Where you get it
Operator shops in Marigot; the Dutch side sells different SIMs entirely.
Paying for it
Euros in Marigot, dollars in Philipsburg — two currencies on one small island.
Your own number
Swap the SIM and your own number is unreachable until you swap back.
Topping up
Back to a shop or a supermarket rack, in French, for credit.
Signal and network
A French-side SIM behaves differently once you cross to the Dutch side.
A local phone number
You get a local number for calling a villa host or restaurant.
When you are online
Usually live as you land, or as the ferry ties up at Marigot.
You arrive first, then go looking for a shop that is open.
ID and registration
No identity check, no form, no passport left on a shop counter.
French rules apply, so identification is required before a prepaid line works.
Where you get it
On your phone at home — no shop hunt in Marigot or Philipsburg.
Operator shops in Marigot; the Dutch side sells different SIMs entirely.
Paying for it
Card payment at home, in your own currency, before you set off.
Euros in Marigot, dollars in Philipsburg — two currencies on one small island.
Your own number
Your normal number keeps working alongside it on the very same phone.
Swap the SIM and your own number is unreachable until you swap back.
Topping up
Add data from Orient Bay or Grand Case, with a few taps.
Back to a shop or a supermarket rack, in French, for credit.
Signal and network
The line runs on Orange and registers on its own, no picking.
A French-side SIM behaves differently once you cross to the Dutch side.
A local phone number
It carries no local number; WhatsApp calls to home work as usual.
You get a local number for calling a villa host or restaurant.

How much data do you need in Saint Martin?

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.

3 GB is plenty

An ordinary holiday

5–10 GB

Navigating, social media, uploading photos, a few videos in the evening.

10 GB is the safe choice

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.

20 GB

Data used per hour

WhatsApp
around 30 MB per hour
on a call — messaging costs almost nothing
Google Maps
2–5 MB per hour
navigation without satellite view
Spotify
40–70 MB per hour
depending on the sound quality you set
Web and email
60–240 MB per hour
news sites, mail, searching
Instagram
400–600 MB per hour
scrolling the feed
TikTok
840 MB – 1 GB per hour
videos play back to back
YouTube
0.5 – 1.5 GB per hour
depending on picture quality
Netflix
up to 3 GB per hour
in HD. On "save data" around 170 MB

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 Saint Martin cost?

Simbye offers 5 plans for Saint Martin from €1,95 to €18,95 — prepaid, no contract.

Plans for Saint Martin range from 1 GB to 20 GB.

Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Saint Martin.

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
Networks
Orange
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 Saint Martin eSIM

Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.