Best eSIM for Spain 2026: What Worked in 600 Traveler Reports

Best eSIM Providers for Spain

eSIM plans in Spain at a glance

How well each provider's eSIM works in Spain

The Vefru score is our overall rating of the provider. The percentage shows how many reviewers said their eSIM worked well in Spain. Since unhappy customers review more often, it is best used to compare providers with each other.

8.4Our score

Worked well in Spain

140 of 145 reviewers

97%

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8.0Our score

Worked well in Spain

24 of 25 reviewers

96%

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6.3Our score

Worked well in Spain

53 of 56 reviewers

95%

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7.1Our score

Worked well in Spain

92 of 98 reviewers

94%

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7.2Our score

Worked well in Spain

94 of 101 reviewers

93%

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7.8Our score

Worked well in Spain

25 of 27 reviewers

93%

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7.1Our score

Worked well in Spain

41 of 45 reviewers

91%

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7.5Our score

Worked well in Spain

36 of 64 reviewers

56%

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6.1Our score

Worked well in Spain

12 of 12 reviewers

100%

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6.6Our score

Worked well in Spain

16 of 17 reviewers

94%

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7.1Our score

Worked well in Spain

14 of 15 reviewers

93%

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6.9Our score

Worked well in Spain

13 of 16 reviewers

81%

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8.1Our score

Worked well in Spain

8 of 10 reviewers

80%

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8.8Our score

Worked well in Spain

1 of 1 reviewers

100%

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How we got these numbers: we read 632 public customer reviews that mention Spain or a place in it, published between July 2023 and August 2026, and counted a report as "worked" when the reviewer said the eSIM connected, even with small hiccups. We treat 20 or more reports as strong evidence, 3 to 19 as limited, and fewer than 3 as too few to judge. A count like 23 of 25 means the eSIM worked well for 23 of the 25 travelers who reported from here; each provider section says what went wrong for the rest. The Vefru test score is a separate number: our own hands-on test of the provider, run outside Spain, so it says how the provider behaves, not how the network performs here. Local operator prices in the text were checked on 26 Sep 2026; provider ratings, the plan tables and the price-per-GB chart are live and update on their own.

We chose the Best group on the traveler record in Spain first, price position in Spain second, and our own hands-on findings third; eSIM4Travel is in the group for its price and help desk despite having only one report so far.

Maya Mobile eSIM in Spain: best record, fair unlimited

8.4 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process9/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support6/10
• Speed test9/10
• Prices8/10
• Customer feedback9/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Maya Mobile sells one product: a global unlimited eSIM plan for 165+ countries that you install once and switch on for every trip. It was fast in our test, and it is the cheapest global unlimited plan we have compared. There are no single-country plans, and nothing shorter than 3 days.

Key facts

• 165+ countries
• iPhone app 4.5
• Android app 4.7
• Auto Top-Up
• Hotspot
• 5.5 GB/day at full speed

Trustpilot

4.5/512,788 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Cheapest global unlimited plan

Very fast: 785 Mbps on 5G

Worked for 91% of travelers

Quick checkout, many ways to pay

No country or short plans

Pushes auto top-up hard

Clunky WhatsApp support

“Unlimited” has a hidden daily limit

Maya Mobile eSIM in our hands

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Maya Mobile is the best option for most trips to Spain of a week or more, because it had the best record of any provider here and its unlimited plan gives the most full-speed data per day we tested. It worked well for 140 of 145 travelers who reported from Spain (97%), strong evidence from the largest sample on this page. The successes cover Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Bilbao, the Camino de Santiago and the Camino Portugués, Andalusia's mountains, Ibiza, Menorca, Lanzarote, the Canaries and Mount Teide, plus high-speed trains and a cruise with a Barcelona call. "It hooked up immediately in every city, even on trains where signals usually drop," wrote one traveler who used it in Madrid and Barcelona (15 Apr 2025).

The five misses, and the lower-rated reports that still counted as working, follow a pattern: speed and stability in a few places, not dead zones. Travelers described poor, dropping data in Seville and Barcelona (Jul 2025), 5G falling back to 3G in Barcelona (Apr 2024), intermittent data in Madrid and Málaga (Oct 2024), slow data in Catalonia and Asturias, and a plan that burned through its allowance in minutes while the traveler used only maps (Mar 2026). One traveler found his plan had started two days early, at install rather than on arrival, and one who bought a Lite unlimited plan found it slower than expected because that tier carries a smaller daily allowance. Most complaints about the help desk were about slow or template replies, though many travelers also praised fast fixes.

What sets Maya Mobile apart is its plan range: it sells only global unlimited plans, for 3, 7, 14 or 30 days, with 5 GB a day at full speed before the speed drops for the rest of the day, hotspot allowed, and a Global + Cruise version for sea days. There is no small plan and nothing under 3 days, so for a weekend with light use another provider is cheaper. In our test the eSIM installed in about two minutes once we set the APN and roaming ourselves, and our speed test showed no throttling until the daily allowance was used; the help desk reached a human in about nine minutes but gave template replies. On price it is by far the cheapest global unlimited plan in our comparison and below every provider's single-country unlimited price for 30 days. Its network in Spain is not named on its page and we could not confirm it. Our hands-on Maya Mobile review has the installation screenshots and the fair-use test. You can see its plans at Maya Mobile.

Global YO eSIM in Spain: cheapest in Spain, slow help

8.0 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support5/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices10/10
• Customer feedback8/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Global YO is a US eSIM provider aimed at young travelers, with plans in 195 countries. It is the second cheapest provider in our price data, and buying and installing took minutes. Its weak spot is support: quick to answer, slow to help.

Key facts

• 195 countries
• iPhone app 4.5
• Android app 3.8
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• Over 150 Mbps

Trustpilot

4.0/51,293 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Second cheapest we track

Buy and install in minutes

Apple Pay, Google Pay, social login

Hotspot and top-ups on every plan

Support is slow to actually help

App only, no buying on the web

App stops when your data runs out

Unclear refund rules

Global YO eSIM in our hands

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Global YO is the pick for travelers who want the lowest price in Spain and will install at home, because it is the cheapest provider in Spain in our comparison and its record here is very good. It worked well for 24 of 25 travelers who reported from Spain (96%), strong evidence. The successes describe exactly the same thing: activated before the flight, data on landing, nothing to think about afterwards, in Madrid, Barcelona and small towns alike. "Always had fast internet, even in small towns," wrote a traveler who used it in Spain, Greece and Turkey (16 Mar 2025).

The one miss was an activation error that blocked the eSIM in both the UK and Spain (May 2024); the traveler waited weeks for the refund. The lower-rated reports that still counted as working describe spotty data in "most of Spain" (Aug 2026) and an app that crashed when checking usage (Aug 2024). One Spanish resident wrote in Dec 2024 that he rarely got 5G in his town, which fits what we know about rural 5G. No report describes a dead zone.

Global YO sells Spain plans from 1 GB for 3 days up to 100 GB for 60 days, Day Plans with a daily allowance, and Europe Explorer and Global Explorer regional plans, all with tethering and top-ups. There is no unlimited plan. The catch is the help desk: in our test the first reply took ten minutes and was a template, and the follow-up took more than half an hour, so this is a provider for people who will not need help. Purchase is app-only, the QR code then arrives by email, and a deleted eSIM cannot be reinstalled. Our Global YO review describes the cluttered but working app and the slow help desk. Plans are at Global YO.

Ubigi eSIM in Spain: big plans, weak app

6.3 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process4/10
• Mobile app3/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test9/10
• Prices7/10
• Customer feedback8.2/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Ubigi is the travel eSIM brand of Paris operator Transatel, with one reusable eSIM for 200+ destinations. Data was fast in our test, and its 3 GB, 10 GB and 30-day unlimited plans are cheap. Its weak point is support: a chatbot that ends in an email ticket, with no live agent.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 3.7
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 568 Mbps on 5G

Trustpilot

4.1/547,238 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

eSIM by email in a minute

Very fast: 568 Mbps on 5G

Cheap 3 GB, 10 GB and 30-day unlimited

Buy more data even with none left

No live support, only email tickets

Confusing website and app

Few plan sizes, no 20 GB

No refund after you scan the QR code

Ubigi eSIM in our hands

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Ubigi is the pick for heavy users who want a large plan or cheap unlimited data and can live with a clumsy app, because its Spain record is very good and its 50 GB and unlimited plans sit a little below the market average here. It worked well for 53 of 56 travelers who reported from Spain (95%), strong evidence. Travelers describe 5G nearly all the time in Madrid and Barcelona, a 50 GB plan carrying a 20-day trip, data that kept working during the April 2025 blackout, and a signal where friends on local SIMs had none. "In Spain better than local sim service," one wrote on 16 Aug 2026.

The misses were mostly about speed in specific places and about setup. Travelers reported slow 5G in Montblanc (Tarragona province), slow data on Fuerteventura and in Tenerife, drops to 3G across Spain, France and Italy, and a plan that only worked on the last two days of a trip because a setting was switched late. One traveler lost her signal for 12 hours when she added a Spain plan on top of a France plan, and one plan did not start when the traveler arrived. Ubigi's Spain plans use the Orange and Yoigo brands, which are one physical network, MasOrange, so there is no fallback to Movistar or Vodafone [6].

Ubigi sells Spain plans of 3, 10, 25 and 50 GB for 8 to 30 days, unlimited plans for 8, 15 or 30 days, and Europe and World plans from 500 MB that also cover Spain. One reusable eSIM covers all its destinations, hotspot is allowed on all plans, you can choose a local or home IP address, and the app still reaches checkout with zero data left, which only one other provider matched in our test. The drawbacks are real: its website and app were the weakest we tested, and its help desk never answered our ticket within 24 hours, so it is a poor first eSIM. Our Ubigi review shows the install and the unanswered ticket. Plans are at Ubigi.

Holafly eSIM in Spain: Camino record, capped speeds

7.1 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process7/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support6/10
• Speed test4/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9.4/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Holafly is an Irish eSIM provider built around unlimited data, with trip eSIMs for 200+ destinations. Travelers report it working more often than any other provider we track. Its weak points are speed and price: our test ran at about 30 Mbps on 5G, and its unlimited plans cost more than most.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.7
• No top-ups
• Hotspot 1 GB/day
• 30 to 40 Mbps

Trustpilot

4.7/5113,513 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Truly unlimited data

Most reliable we track: 92% worked

One-tap install, no QR code

6 months to refund an unused eSIM

Slow: about 30–40 Mbps on 5G

Pricier than other unlimited eSIMs

Saved our card without asking

No top-ups, buy a new eSIM instead

Holafly eSIM in our hands

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Holafly is the pick for the Camino, villages and islands, because it is the only provider whose Spain page names all three physical networks, and its rural record is the best on this page; the drawback is that in our test its speed was capped from the first megabyte, before any data was used. It worked well for 92 of 98 travelers who reported from Spain (94%), strong evidence. Every Camino report worked: 5 of 5 on the Camino de Santiago plus single reports from the Camino del Norte, the Camino Inglés, the Camino Francés and the Camino Portugués, along with motorcycling in the Pyrenees, the white villages of Andalusia, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife and a cruise with Spanish ports. In practice the capped speed is enough for maps, messaging, browsing and streaming, and slow for large downloads, uploads, cloud backups and laptop work. Hotspot is limited to 1 GB a day, pooled over the plan, and there are no top-ups: when a plan ends you buy a new eSIM [5].

The misses cluster around speed and arrivals. Travelers described hours to upload videos (Aug 2026), a connection that failed across Spain, southern France and Italy, an eSIM that would not connect on arrival at Barcelona airport after a 27-hour trip (Jun 2026), poor data in Madrid despite "unlimited" (Jul 2026), a laptop user near Barcelona for whom cloud apps kept failing, and a 9-day plan slowed on day two under the fair-use rule. One traveler wrote in Aug 2026 that Holafly's Spain coverage had been "not that great" recently. Two reports from Greece and Japan mention traffic routed through Spain, which is Holafly's hub, not a Spain problem.

Holafly sells only unlimited plans by the day, from 1 to 90 days, data only, with no Spanish number; as of August 2026 its Spain page says the plans include the Canaries, the eSIM cannot be reinstalled once installed, and unused plans can be refunded within six months [5]. On price it is dearer than the other unlimited providers in our comparison. It suits travelers who do not want to think about data on a long rural trip and will accept slower speeds; a traveler on the Camino del Norte wrote on 30 May 2026 that she "could nearly always get a reliable 5G connection, even when on fairly remote trails." Our Holafly review has the speed test against a local SIM on the same cell. Plans are at Holafly. Holafly's Spain plans were not in our comparison tool when this page was built, so there is no live plan table here.

Nomad eSIM in Spain: strong record, unreachable help desk

7.2 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices7/10
• Customer feedback8.6/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Nomad is a US travel eSIM brand run by LotusFlare, with plans for more than 200 destinations. It has a polished native app, fast data and prices close to the market average almost everywhere. Its weak spot is support: the chat is an AI bot with no route to a human.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.5
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 2 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.3/544,625 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPal

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Quick, easy purchase

Great app with a data widget

Fast, full-speed data

Fair prices almost everywhere

Support is a bot, no human

Easy to lose the install button

App stops when your data runs out

No refund after install

Nomad eSIM in our hands

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Nomad is the pick for experienced users heading to Barcelona, Mallorca or Andalusia, because its record in those places is the best on this page and its prices sit at the market average in Spain; it is not for anyone who may need help. It worked well for 94 of 101 travelers who reported from Spain (93%), strong evidence. In Barcelona all 5 reports worked, on Mallorca 3 of 4, and travelers describe 4G and 5G throughout Andalusia, a stable connection on the Madrid to Seville high-speed train, the Pyrenees, cycling across Spain and Portugal, and a ferry to Morocco that switched networks on its own.

The seven misses are a mix of no data and slow data. Travelers reported an eSIM that never worked in Spain after working in Morocco (May 2026), no data in Seville and Madrid, slow 4G in Alicante that ate about 2 GB a day on maps alone (Jun 2026), unlimited plans that were slow in big cities (Jul 2026), a last day with no connection, and traffic exiting through Turkey, Belgium or Germany rather than Spain. One eSIM worked in Spain and died when the traveler crossed into France (Apr 2026), and two more travelers found France patchy after a trouble-free Spain. One traveler had no signal inside Madrid-Barajas airport until he stepped outside. "Service cut out in quite a few remote areas, but wherever there were other people with service, I found I had service too," wrote one who drove across southern Spain for a month (17 Jul 2026).

Nomad's Spain plans run from 1 GB for 3 days to 50 GB for 30 days, with unlimited plans for 3 to 10 days that give 2 GB a day at full speed and then slow down, plus Europe and Global regional plans; most Spain plans are listed as Movistar in our comparison tool, and Nomad's own pages say the daily allowance resets every 24 hours. The app is fast and has a home-screen widget for remaining data, but our test found its help desk bot loops with no route to a human, which is why Nomad sits below providers with similar records. Add-on data is available on most plans and the plans list a 30-day activation window. Our Nomad review shows the help-desk loop. Plans are at Nomad.

eSIM4Travel eSIM in Spain: cheap data, human help desk

8.8 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support10/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices10/10
• Customer feedback8.8/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of seven categories from our own paid test and customer reviews. eSIM4Travel has no app, so we do not score one.

eSIM4Travel is a US eSIM seller with plans for 158 destinations and no app. It was the cheapest provider in our price database, and its support was the best we have tested. Without an app, you cannot reach the store to top up once your data runs out.

Key facts

• 158 destinations
• No app
• Web only
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• No throttling

Trustpilot

4.4/5202 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardPayPalApple Pay

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Cheapest provider we track

Quick, helpful human support

Fast, no throttling

Website in 41 languages

No app: out of data, you need Wi‑Fi to top up

US dollars only, no Google Pay

Unlimited slows after 3 GB a day

No refund after 10% of data used

eSIM4Travel eSIM in our hands

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eSIM4Travel is the pick for travelers who want data nearly as cheap as the cheapest provider in Spain with a human help desk one click away. Only 1 traveler has reported from Spain so far, from Barcelona in Aug 2024, so there is no record to judge: that report described an unstable, slow connection until the traveler switched the phone's network mode, after which it stabilised. What we know comes from our hands-on test, run outside Spain: the eSIM installed from a QR code and worked right away, a short bot handed us to a person in one click who solved the problem, and our speed test showed no throttling.

Its Spain plans run from 500 MB for a day to 50 GB, for 1 to 30 days, plus unlimited plans for 3 to 30 days with 3 GB a day at full speed before slowing, and Best Europe 41 and Global 72 regional plans. The plan names in our comparison tool list Movistar, Orange and Vodafone, and in many countries you pick the network inside the plan; we could not confirm the Spain networks from the provider's own page. In Spain it is the second-cheapest provider in our comparison, just behind the cheapest. The downsides are the ones from our test: no app, no Google Pay, card details typed by hand, and no way to reach the store without Wi-Fi once the data runs out. Our eSIM4Travel review has the help-desk transcript. Plans are at eSIM4Travel.

Other eSIM Providers for Spain

We tested every provider in this group too. They sit here because their Spain record is weaker or thinner than the Best group's, or because one of our test findings (a help desk that never answered, a checkout that fights you, a very high price) counts against them for most trips.

GoMoWorld eSIM in Spain: good record, must press Start

7.8 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support6/10
• Speed test10/10
• Prices7/10
• Customer feedback7.6/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

GoMoWorld is the travel eSIM brand of Irish operator eir, with plans in 202 countries. Every destination has the same four euro prices, and we saw no throttling at all. The catch is that everything happens in the app, and human support works only in office hours.

Key facts

• 202 countries
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.6
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• No throttling

Trustpilot

3.8/51,987 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle Pay

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Very fast, no throttling

Among the cheapest from 5 GB

Clean, easy app

Start the plan when you land

App only, no QR code

Human support only in office hours

App stops when your data runs out

Weaker in the US, Japan and China

GoMoWorld eSIM in our hands

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GoMoWorld is a good choice for big data at a low price if you remember to press Start. It worked well for 25 of 27 travelers who reported from Spain (93%), strong evidence, with successes in Málaga, the Costa Brava, Northern Spain and a "faultless" 30 days across Spain (8 Dec 2025). The two misses were no signal indoors (May 2026) and data that disappeared the moment the paid plan replaced the free trial (Jul 2025); two more travelers needed the help desk to get a plan to start, which matches our test, where a plan does nothing until you press Start or schedule it. One traveler noted the eSIM gives an Irish IP address, so some Spanish services treated him as abroad.

Its Spain plans are 4 GB for 7 days and 15, 50 or 75 GB for 30 days, plus a Europe plan that includes the UK and Switzerland; no unlimited and no calls. It is the third-cheapest provider in Spain in our comparison and the fastest, unthrottled connection in our test. The eSIM lives in the app only, one account covers one device, and humans staff the help desk in office hours only, which is why it is not a top pick. Our GoMoWorld review explains the Start button. Plans are at GoMoWorld.

GigSky eSIM in Spain: cruises, ferries, spotty cities

7.1 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process7/10
• Mobile app6/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support9/10
• Speed test6/10
• Prices4/10
• Customer feedback8.6/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

GigSky is a US travel eSIM that works like its own operator, with plans for 190+ destinations plus cruise, ferry and in-flight plans. Its app stays partly online after your data runs out. But its fixed-data plans are the most expensive of the 12 providers we compared.

Key facts

• 190+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.5
• Android app 3.9
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 3.5 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.3/57,194 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayPayPal

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Buy more data even with none left

Cruise, ferry and in-flight plans

Human support answered right away

Cheap 1-day unlimited passes

Most expensive per GB we track

App required, no Google Pay

Clunky, web-like app

Less reliable than average

GigSky eSIM in our hands

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GigSky is the choice for cruises and ferry legs to the Balearics or Canaries, and a fair choice on land, but many Spain reports describe spotty data. It worked well for 41 of 45 travelers who reported from Spain (91%), strong evidence, including all 5 reports from Madrid and most multi-country trips through Spain, Portugal and France. The misses and the lower-rated reports repeat the same words: frequent drops to 3G in Madrid, good data in central Barcelona but little from zone 2 outward (Jul 2026), intermittent service in southern Spain and in Málaga, a battery drained by a weak signal, and two cruise plans that never worked offshore. Several travelers used the free plan that comes with a Visa card.

Its Spain plans run from 1 GB for 7 days to 50 GB for 180 days, with a 1-day unlimited pass, and the regional range adds Europe, Cruise + Europe, Europe Ferries + Land and World plans. Unusually for GigSky, its Spain prices are a little below the market average in our comparison, so the high overall price position does not bite here. You must install the app to buy, and the app stays partly online with zero data so you can buy more without Wi-Fi; its help desk answered us at once. Our GigSky review covers the cruise behaviour. Plans are at GigSky.

Airalo eSIM in Spain: weakest record in Spain

7.5 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process9/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support7/10
• Speed test7/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback8.2/10
• Coverage7/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Airalo is an eSIM marketplace from Singapore with plans for 200+ destinations, some with calls and texts. It is easy to buy and install. But prices sit at the market median, and travelers report more failed connections than with any other provider we track.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 4.3
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• No cap on fixed plans

Trustpilot

4.1/545,721 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPal

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Buy on the web, no app needed

Works right after install

Fast, no speed cap on fixed plans

Most plans with calls and texts

Average prices, not cheap

Lowest success rate we track: 72% worked

App stops when your data runs out

Clunky checkout, no QR download

Airalo eSIM in our hands

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Airalo had the worst record of any provider in Spain, so we do not recommend it here even though it is the biggest name. It worked well for only 36 of 64 travelers who reported from Spain (56%), strong evidence in the wrong direction: all 5 reports from Madrid failed, and travelers also reported no data in Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Benasque, Torremolinos, Valencia and on Mallorca. The pattern is "full bars, nothing loads": many reports describe signal with no working data, slow pages, an eSIM that would not install, and a family whose four eSIMs stopped at once during a service degradation in June 2026 that Airalo's replies confirm. "In Spain it was mostly unusable," wrote one traveler on 28 Jul 2026. Several ended up buying a Vodafone or Orange SIM at the airport. The successes include Tenerife, the north coast, a cruise with Spanish ports and travelers who praised the help desk after a hard install.

Airalo sells Spain plans from 1 GB to 50 GB under the Guay Mobile and Mansetel names, listed as Orange in our comparison tool, with unlimited plans that slow after 5 GB a day (Guay Mobile) or 3 GB a day (Mansetel); its Eurolink, EUconnect and Discover plans also cover Spain, and Discover+ adds calls and texts. Whether it delivers 5G in Spain is disputed and we could not confirm it. Prices sit at the market average here. Our Airalo review found an easy app and purchase, which is why beginners keep choosing it. Plans are at Airalo.

ByteSIM eSIM in Spain: all worked, clumsy checkout

6.1 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process4/10
• Mobile app4/10
• eSIM installation7/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9.6/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

ByteSIM is a Hong Kong eSIM shop with a huge catalog: daily, fixed and unlimited plans for about 200 destinations. Data was fast in our test, and travelers report it working in 88% of cases. The checkout, the app and support were the weak points.

Key facts

• About 200 destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 3.8
• No top-ups
• Hotspot
• 175 Mbps on 4G

Trustpilot

4.8/54,279 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPal

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Cheap for 3–5 GB short trips

Fast 4G, no throttling

Worked for 88% of travelers

180 days to get a refund

Checkout asks for phone and address

Clunky app, auto-activation failed

Promises 5G, gave us only 4G

Support didn't reply in our test

ByteSIM eSIM in our hands

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ByteSIM worked for everyone who reported from Spain, but the sample is small and our test found a checkout and app that fight you. It worked well for 12 of 12 travelers who reported from Spain (100%), limited evidence. Travelers describe unlimited 5G that "works great" (11 Aug 2024), an unlimited hotspot that carried remote work through Spain and France, and quick WhatsApp help at midnight; one lower-rated report called the connection unstable and slow and the help desk unhelpful (Jul 2026). Three travelers bought plans with a Spanish number: one could receive bank texts but not send any, another used it to open a bank account.

Its Spain plans run from 500 MB to 300 GB for 1 to 30 days, with unlimited plans by the day that are throttled at an unstated limit; our comparison tool lists them as data only, so check the plan page for the number plans travelers mention. Prices sit at the market average in Spain. In our test the checkout demanded a phone number and postal address, the app's auto-activation failed and the help desk did not answer within 15 minutes, so it is a provider for experienced users who want a local wallet like iDEAL or Alipay. Our ByteSIM review shows the checkout. Plans are at ByteSIM.

Yesim eSIM in Spain: good record, slowest help desk

6.6 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process6/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback8.6/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Yesim is a Swiss eSIM provider built around unlimited plans sold by the day, with one eSIM for 200+ destinations. Data was fast in our test. But its support was among the slowest we have tested, and its fixed-data country plans cost more than most rivals.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 4.7
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• Possible slowdown

Trustpilot

4.3/52,963 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPal

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Fast data in our test

Unlimited plans by the day

Pay with PayPal, Klarna or crypto

Website in 44 languages

Among the slowest support we've tested

Pricey fixed-data country plans

No top-up once your data runs out

Signs you up for marketing emails

Yesim eSIM in our hands

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Yesim is a fair choice for unlimited data by the day if you will not need help and do not mind paying more. It worked well for 16 of 17 travelers who reported from Spain (94%), limited evidence; all 3 Barcelona reports and all reports from the Canary Islands, Lanzarote and Tenerife worked, and the one miss gives no place. We have no Yesim review texts from Spain to read, so the places are all we can say about the pattern.

Its Spain plans are unlimited by the day for 1 to 30 days, throttled at an unpublished limit, plus fixed plans from 500 MB to 30 GB and Europe and Global bundles. It is one of the two most expensive providers in Spain in our comparison, and in our test its help desk took 15 to 60 minutes per reply and our plan started at purchase rather than on arrival, so buy close to the trip. Yesim's own blog claims Movistar, Orange and Vodafone in Spain; its product page does not say. Our Yesim review explains the plan-start problem. Plans are at Yesim.

Roamless eSIM in Spain: pay as you go

7.1 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process5/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation7/10
• Customer support7/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Roamless is a US provider built around one global eSIM for 203 destinations, paid with pay-as-you-go credit. It was fast and unthrottled in our test, and travelers report it working in 91% of cases. Its weak point is buying: the website forces you into the app, and large data amounts cost more than most rivals.

Key facts

• 203 destinations
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.1
• Pay-as-you-go
• Unlimited hotspot
• No throttling

Trustpilot

4.5/51,746 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle Pay

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

One eSIM for 200+ destinations

Fast, no throttling

Worked for 91% of travelers

Free 500 MB trial

Website pushes you into the app

We had to fix the APN to get data

Credit can expire after 12 months

Pricey for 10 GB and up

Roamless eSIM in our hands

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Roamless suits light users who hop between countries and want credit that never expires. It worked well for 14 of 15 travelers who reported from Spain (93%), limited evidence, with successes in Barcelona, on the Camino, on a Spain to Morocco trip and across multi-country trips of several months. One traveler used its in-app calling to ring restaurants in Barcelona (9 Jul 2025). The one miss was a 50 GB Spain plan so slow the traveler gave up (Aug 2026); another needed help installing on poor campsite Wi-Fi and praised the fast reply.

It sells one global eSIM with pay-as-you-go credit at a flat per-GB rate, fixed 30-day Spain plans from 1 GB to 200 GB, and a free Spain trial; its Spain plans are listed as Vodafone in our comparison tool and the page claims no throttling. Prices sit at the market average in Spain and it is one of the cheapest for 1 GB, but dear for 10 GB and up. In our test the preselected APN did not work until we picked another, and the Google Pay checkout failed, so it is not a first eSIM. Our Roamless review has the APN fix. Plans are at Roamless.

Jetpac eSIM in Spain: mixed record, rough app

6.9 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process5/10
• Mobile app5/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support5/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9.4/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Jetpac is a Singapore eSIM provider with plans in 129 countries. It adds extras like in-app calls, free WhatsApp and Google Maps after your data runs out, and lounge access on delayed flights. Its website, app and support are rough, so it suits travelers who can fix small issues themselves.

Key facts

• 129 countries
• iPhone app 4.0
• Android app 4.1
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 3 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.7/53,528 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle Pay

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

WhatsApp and Maps keep working without data

Unlimited hotspot

Cheap calls in the app

Free lounge if your flight is late

Slow website, confusing checkout

No top-up once your data runs out

Slow, technical support

Pricey for 3–20 GB

Jetpac eSIM in our hands

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Jetpac is a niche choice for travelers who value free Google Maps and WhatsApp after the data runs out, but its Spain record is mixed and it is one of the two most expensive providers here. It worked well for 13 of 16 travelers who reported from Spain (81%), limited evidence. Successes include rural Spain, good coverage between cities and the mountains of Riaño ("impressive," 12 Jul 2024). The misses were data that would not work on arrival despite long help-desk sessions (Sep 2025), an eSIM that never arrived after purchase (Oct 2024), and a Europe plan that worked in Spain but died at the French border (May 2026); two more travelers needed WhatsApp help to activate.

Its Spain plans run from 1 GB to 50 GB and unlimited for 1 to 30 days, marked 5G in our comparison tool, with Europe and Global packs on one reusable eSIM. In our test the app was rough, the usage counter lagged and the site was slow, which with its price puts it in this group. Our Jetpac review covers the voice packs and lounge perk. Plans are at Jetpac.

Saily eSIM in Spain: best app, dear in Spain

8.1 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process7/10
• Mobile app9/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support10/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices4/10
• Customer feedback9.4/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Saily is the travel eSIM from the company behind NordVPN, with plans for about 200 destinations. It has the smoothest install we have tested, a polished app and a built-in VPN. But prices run above the market in most big European destinations, and traveler reports sit below average.

Key facts

• About 200 destinations
• iPhone app 4.7
• Android app 4.5
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 3 or 5 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.7/531,741 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle Pay

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Easiest install we've tested

Fast 24/7 human support

Free VPN and ad blocker

Plan starts only when you land

Pricey in big European countries

App required, no eSIM by email

Less reliable than average

App stops when your data runs out

Saily eSIM in our hands

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Saily is the easiest first eSIM we tested, but its Spain record is thin and its prices here are above the market average. It worked well for 8 of 10 travelers who reported from Spain (80%), limited evidence, with successes in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and on Spain and Portugal trips. The two misses were a very slow connection for two weeks in Lanzarote (Jun 2026) and a plan that did not activate on arrival and stayed dead after two hours with the help desk (Mar 2026).

Its Spain plans are 1 GB for 7 days, 3 to 20 GB for 30 days and a 15-day unlimited plan with 5 GB a day before slowing, plus Europe and Global plans, with unlimited hotspot and a 180-day activation window. In our test it had the smoothest in-app install and a fast, respectful help desk, which makes it the safe choice for a first eSIM; the app can be blocked in some countries, so set it up at home. Our Saily review shows the install. Plans are at Saily.

Providers travelers report from Spain that we have not tested

Simify also turns up in reviews from Spain, including Madrid, Barcelona, Ibiza and the Camino Francés, but we have not tested it and it is not in our comparison tool, so it carries no count on this page.

Best eSIM Plans for Spain

Price per GB in Spain by eSIM Provider

How much does each provider charge per GB in Spain? The chart below compares plans of 1 to 10 GB that last 6 to 14 days, the usual range for a one- or two-week trip. Provider websites show only their own plans, so this side-by-side view is one you would otherwise have to calculate yourself. A shorter bar means a lower price per GB.

Spain has every kind of plan in our comparison tool (plan details in this article are as of September 2026). Fixed plans run from 500 MB to 300 GB, and most Best-group providers sell 20 to 50 GB plans for a month. Unlimited plans come in two kinds: a daily allowance at full speed and then a slowdown (Maya Mobile, Nomad, Saily, Airalo, eSIM4Travel, Jetpac), or a fair-use rule with no published number (Holafly, Yesim, ByteSIM, Ubigi). If you cross into Portugal or France, a Europe plan saves a second eSIM, but several travelers reported Airalo, Jetpac and Nomad regional eSIMs that worked in Spain and died at the French border, so a Spain plan plus a France plan is the safer pair. You can compare plans that cover both Spain and Portugal, and our guide to how much data you need helps pick the size.

Best eSIM for Madrid, Barcelona, the Camino de Santiago and the Canary Islands

The city picks differ from the country pick. In Madrid every GigSky report worked, in Barcelona Nomad and Ubigi had the cleanest records, and on the Camino de Santiago Holafly worked for everyone who reported, though its speed was capped in our test. Maya Mobile, the overall pick, has the most city reports of anyone, with 10 of 11 in Madrid, 11 of 13 in Barcelona and 3 of 3 on Tenerife. On the Canary Islands no provider failed except in two GigSky reports, one of them from a cruise. Counts are works/reports; the "Our pick" column needs 3 or more reports for that provider in that place.

Best eSIM for Madrid

GigSky is the pick for Madrid because all 5 reports from the city worked, with Maya Mobile a close second at 10 of 11 and cheaper. Read the GigSky reports before you decide: two of the five describe frequent drops to 3G that needed a manual network switch (Jul 2026) and spotty data that came and went without moving (Jun 2026), while the others describe fast data from the moment of landing. Maya Mobile's one Madrid miss was intermittent data in Oct 2024; one traveler needed 15 minutes for the first connection and then had no trouble, and another worked remotely from Madrid on it.

The runners-up tell the real story. Airalo failed in all 5 Madrid reports: travelers got stranded on arrival with an eSIM that would not connect (Jul 2026), had four eSIMs for a family that counted days from install rather than arrival (Jul 2026), and could not connect at all (Jun 2026). Holafly's one Madrid miss was coverage so poor that maps and voice messages would not load (Jul 2026); Nomad's was slow data, and one Nomad traveler had no signal inside Barajas airport until he stepped outside. Ubigi's two Madrid reports both worked, with signal everywhere in Madrid and Barcelona.

Best eSIM for Barcelona

Nomad is the pick for Barcelona because all 5 of its reports from the city worked, and Ubigi (4 of 4) and Yesim (3 of 3) did as well; Maya Mobile worked for 11 of 13. One Nomad traveler did note no coverage in some parts of the city (May 2026), and another said the connection slowed to nothing in very crowded places, which matches summer congestion rather than a dead zone. Ubigi travelers describe 5G across Barcelona and down the Italian coast.

The misses here are about speed, not signal. Maya Mobile's two Barcelona misses were poor, dropping data (Jul 2025) and a struggle to get a usable connection (Nov 2025), and a third traveler saw 5G fall to 3G for a week. Holafly's two misses were a laptop user near Barcelona whose cloud apps kept failing on the capped speed (Jul 2026) and an eSIM that would not connect at the airport after a long-haul flight (Jun 2026). GigSky's miss described good data in zone 1 and little from zone 2 outward. Airalo's miss simply "did not work well" in Barcelona (Aug 2026), and the single eSIM4Travel report was slow until the traveler changed the network mode.

Best eSIM for the Camino de Santiago

Holafly is the pick for the Camino de Santiago because all 5 reports from the route worked, plus single reports from the Camino del Norte, the Camino Inglés, the Camino Francés and the Camino Portugués, and it is the only provider whose Spain page names Movistar, Orange, Vodafone and Yoigo, so it can fall back between physical networks where villages have only one [5]. Its speed was capped in our test, which matters little for maps and messaging on a walk. Pilgrims describe maps on all day for three weeks, video calls to Australia from the Camino Francés (7 May 2026), and a reliable 5G connection on remote Northern Camino trails.

Nomad (2 of 2), Maya Mobile (1 of 1, plus 1 of 1 on the Camino Portugués), Roamless (1 of 1) and Ubigi (1 of 1) also worked for the pilgrims who reported, so none of them failed here; the counts are just too small to rank. The CNMC's rural report is the reason to prefer a multi-network provider on the interior stretches: fewer than one rural municipality in five has three 5G networks [1].

eSIM Guides for Cities in Spain

Pick your city for the provider ranking, plan prices, networks and set-up steps for that city.

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Local SIM Cards and Operator eSIMs in Spain

A Spanish prepaid SIM gives you far more data for the money than any travel eSIM and a real Spanish number, at the cost of a passport, a queue and a store visit. Registration is mandatory under Ley 25/2007, Spain's prepaid registration law: the shop records your name, nationality and document number and passes them to the operator. A passport is accepted, so you do not need a Spanish NIE, and there are no legal anonymous SIMs in Spain.

Prepaid prices rotate monthly, so treat these as a snapshot: a Spanish price comparison site listed on 7 Aug 2026 Movistar at 5 GB for €5.00, 60 GB for €10.00, 240 GB for €15.00 and 300 GB for €20.00; Orange at 60 GB plus a 20 GB bonus for €10.00; Vodafone at about 10 GB for €10.00, 100 GB for €15.00 and 300 GB for €20.00; Yoigo at 30 GB for €10.00 and 80 GB for €15.00; and Simyo, a MasOrange brand, at 100 GB for €10.00 and 150 GB for €14.00. Unlimited prepaid from the four big brands sat at €26.00 to €35.00 a month as of August 2026. Spanish prices include 21% VAT, and the SIM itself is usually free or a couple of euros with a bundle.

You can buy in operator stores in city centres, in estancos (licensed tobacconists), supermarkets and phone shops, and at airport counters in Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga and Palma. Airport counters are said to charge more than city shops, but we could not confirm by how much. Operator eSIMs are harder for visitors: Movistar's own eSIM page said in Sep 2026 that a prepaid eSIM must be requested in a Movistar store, and only contract customers get one online; whether Orange sells a prepaid eSIM remotely we could not confirm. Contract lines also need a bank account, and travelers report that web forms often reject a non-Spanish IBAN.

The rule of thumb: a local prepaid SIM wins when you will pass an operator store anyway and need more than about 20 GB or a Spanish number for Bizum payments, Renfe bookings, restaurant reservations or bank text codes; a travel eSIM wins for trips under about 5 GB, when you want data the moment you land, or when you will not detour to a store. Several travelers in the reports did both, buying a Vodafone or Orange SIM at the airport after an eSIM failed.

Mobile Networks in Spain

Spain has three physical mobile networks and four big brands: Movistar (Telefónica), MasOrange (one network selling as Orange and Yoigo, formed when Orange and MásMóvil merged in March 2024) and Vodafone España (owned by Zegona since 31 May 2024), plus Digi, which roams on Movistar and is building its own 5G in cities only. Movistar comes out on top in third-party measurements: Opensignal's May 2026 report gave it the download speed, video, reliability and consistency awards, and Ookla's report for the first half of 2025 named it best overall network, while Digi won Opensignal's 5G speed awards on its small footprint. Vodafone España says its 4G reaches more than 99% of the population and every town above 50,000 people [4]; Telefónica claims 95% 5G population coverage for Movistar as of Dec 2025, and MasOrange claims about 93%.

Where you are matters more than which operator. The regulator CNMC drive-tested about 1,000 municipalities for its April 2026 rural report: 4G is close to universal and 94% of rural municipalities have all three networks, but only 82.2% have any 5G network and 15.4% have all three, against 96% and 49.7% in urban areas, and download speed falls as the municipality gets smaller [1]. The Ministry's 2025 coverage report, published May 2026, puts 5G at 99.27% of the population across all operators combined; the two figures measure different things and both are true. For a specific village, the CNMC's vendor-neutral map shows measured 4G and 5G quality by location [2].

Most travel eSIMs do not say which Spanish network they use. The exceptions on this page: Holafly's Spain page names Movistar, Orange, Vodafone and Yoigo, all three physical networks [5], and Ubigi's plan pages name Orange and Yoigo, which is one network, MasOrange [6]. In our comparison tool Nomad's Spain plans are listed as Movistar, Roamless's as Vodafone, Airalo's as Orange, and eSIM4Travel's plan names list Movistar, Orange and Vodafone. Saily's, GigSky's and Roamless's own pages named no network when the research checked in Aug 2026; Yesim names three networks only in its blog; third-party accounts of Airalo's and Jetpac's networks contradict each other; and for Maya Mobile, Global YO, GoMoWorld and ByteSIM we could not confirm anything. Multi-brand is not multi-network: "Orange and Yoigo" is one grid.

3G is on its way out, so an older phone needs 4G and VoLTE. Vodafone España completed its 3G switch-off in 2024 [4]; Telefónica's results for the first quarter of 2026 confirm Movistar began its 3G shutdown then, with completion planned through 2027; MasOrange began dismantling 3G in 2026 with a full switch-off by 31 Dec 2027. 2G stays until about 2030 at Vodafone and MasOrange and until 2027 at Movistar. Several GigSky and Maya Mobile travelers reported their phones dropping to 3G in Madrid and Barcelona in 2024 and 2026; a manual network selection fixed it in one case. Our guide to eSIMs with several networks and how to switch operator shows how.

How to Set Up an eSIM for Spain

Install at home on Wi-Fi, before you fly. Almost every plan on this page starts on the first connection in Spain, not at install, so there is nothing to lose; the exceptions are below.

1. Check that your phone takes an eSIM and is unlocked; our list of phones with eSIM support covers the current models.
2. Buy a few days ahead. Global YO, GoMoWorld, Saily, Roamless and GigSky sell only through their apps, so install the app first; eSIM4Travel, Airalo, Maya Mobile, Ubigi, Yesim, ByteSIM, Jetpac, Nomad and Holafly send a QR code by email. Activation windows differ: Nomad's Spain plans list 30 days, eSIM4Travel 90 days, Saily 180 days, Ubigi's QR code 6 months.
3. Install on home Wi-Fi and leave the eSIM off. Watch the exceptions: GoMoWorld's plan does nothing until you press Start, Yesim's plan started at purchase in our test, some Airalo packages start at install, and one Maya Mobile traveler found his plan counting from install. Our iPhone eSIM guide and Samsung eSIM guide walk through the menus.
4. On landing, turn the eSIM on, make it the data line and switch data roaming on. Maya Mobile and Global YO needed the APN "globaldata" in our test, GigSky "gigsky", Ubigi "mobiledata", and Roamless worked only after we picked a different APN than the preset one.
5. If you see bars but no data, pick the network by hand in your phone's network settings and try another one; Airalo and GigSky travelers reported "full bars, nothing loads" fixed this way, and a GigSky traveler in Madrid got back to 5G by selecting the network manually.
6. Still nothing? Reboot, check the eSIM is the data line, then open the help desk on hotel Wi-Fi; our eSIM troubleshooting guide lists the fixes in order.

Calls and SMS in Spain

Spain's calling code is +34, and almost every travel eSIM on this page is data only, so calls go over WhatsApp or a similar app. The exceptions: Airalo's Discover+ plans include calls, texts and a US number and are the only plans in our comparison tool covering Spain with voice; Roamless offers in-app calls and an optional second number, which one traveler used to ring Barcelona restaurants; Jetpac sells in-app voice packs; Global YO has outgoing app calls; Saily sells a US number add-on; and ByteSIM travelers reported Spain plans with a Spanish number, one of whom could receive bank texts but not send any. Holafly, Saily's Ultra tier and Yesim offer numbers that receive SMS only.

If you need a real Spanish number, for Bizum payments, Renfe, restaurant bookings or bank verification codes, a local prepaid SIM is the alternative; see the local SIM section for the registration rules. Keep your home SIM active for calls and texts, with data roaming off, and route data through the eSIM.

Free eSIM Data for Spain

Several providers give a small amount of free data that works in Spain. Roamless lists a free Spain trial in our comparison tool and gives new accounts starting credit; GigSky offers a free trial across 42 European countries with no card, and Visa cardholders in the reports got a free plan that one traveler used for two weeks in Spain; Nomad has a free 1 GB trial plan; GoMoWorld a free 1-day trial; and Jetpac a free Eterna eSIM with 100 MB. Holafly's "Always On" gives 1 GB a month after a plan ends if you keep the eSIM installed. Our list of free eSIM data plans and trials explains how to claim each one.

Summary: the best eSIM for Spain

Based on 632 traveler reports from Spain and our own tests, Maya Mobile is the best option for most trips of a week or more: it worked well for 140 of 145 travelers, and its unlimited plan gives the most full-speed data per day we tested, though it sells nothing small and nothing under 3 days. Global YO (24 of 25) is the cheapest provider in Spain in our comparison for anyone who installs at home and will not need the help desk. Ubigi (53 of 56) suits heavy users with its 50 GB and unlimited plans on the MasOrange network, with a weak app and a help desk that never answered our ticket. Holafly (92 of 98) had the best record on the Camino and in villages on three physical networks, with speed capped from the start in our test, a 1 GB-a-day hotspot limit and no top-ups.

Nomad (94 of 101) had the cleanest records in Barcelona and on Mallorca and sits at the market average on price, but its help desk had no route to a human in our test. eSIM4Travel is nearly as cheap as the cheapest, with a human help desk one click away, but has only 1 report from Spain so far and no app. Whatever you decide on, install at home, turn data roaming on when you land, and switch network by hand if you see bars but no data. That, in short, is how to find the best eSIM for Spain in 2026.

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