Tirana eSIM
90 Albania plans · from $4.45
Tirana has gone from grey to painted in two decades — Soviet blocks in primary colours, Cold War bunkers turned into museums, and a cable car to a mountain ridge above the city. A travel eSIM covers the capital, the Riviera and the northern mountains, and Albania is outside the EU so home roaming here is not cheap.
Landing at Nënë Tereza (TIA)
The airport is 17km north-west, about 30 minutes by the airport bus or a taxi. Albania has minimal passenger rail, so onward travel to the coast or the mountains is by furgon minibus, bus or hire car.
eSIM plans that cover Tirana
Tirana is covered by every Albania plan below — there is no separate city-only eSIM to buy.
Choose a data plan
1 GB
7 days· 0.2 GB per $1
$4.45
5% back in credits
$4.72
5% back in credits
$5.57
5% back in credits
2 GB
15 days· 0.3 GB per $1
$6.67
5% back in credits
3 GB
30 days· 0.3 GB per $1
$8.61
5% back in credits
$10.29
5% back in credits
$10.74
5% back in credits
$12.27
5% back in credits
5 GB
30 days· 0.4 GB per $1
$12.38
5% back in credits
$15.87
5% back in credits
10 GB
30 days· 0.5 GB per $1
$18.65
5% back in credits
$18.97
5% back in credits
$21.45
5% back in credits
$24.13
5% back in credits
$25.65
5% back in credits
$29.81
5% back in credits
20 GB
30 days· 0.7 GB per $1
$29.81
5% back in credits
$35.70
5% back in credits
$37.51
5% back in credits
$43.75
5% back in credits
$50.90
5% back in credits
$52.42
5% back in credits
20 GB
Global - Light only60 days· 0.3 GB per $1
$60.50
5% back in credits
50 GB
30 days· 0.8 GB per $1
$64.67
5% back in credits
$70.98
5% back in credits
$85.58
5% back in credits
$102.61
5% back in credits
$104.43
5% back in credits
100 GB
30 days· 0.9 GB per $1
$113.46
5% back in credits
50 GB
Global - Light only90 days· 0.4 GB per $1
$142.03
5% back in credits
$204.82
5% back in credits
100 GB
Global - Light only90 days· 0.4 GB per $1
$248.28
5% back in credits
100 GB
Global - Light only180 days· 0.3 GB per $1
$297.70
5% back in credits
How “Unlimited” works: Never cut off — each plan gives a set amount of full-speed data, then a slower speed. The exact allowance and speed are shown on every plan.Read more
Unlimited plans never run out and your eSIM is never disconnected, but every one has a fair-use limit: a set amount of full-speed data, after which the speed is reduced. The amounts differ between plans — most give a daily full-speed allowance that refills every 24 hours from when you first activate the eSIM, while Premium plans give a larger allowance for the whole plan instead. Each plan states its own allowance and the speed after it before you buy. At the reduced speed, messaging, maps, email and light browsing still work; video streaming and video calls may not. If you want every gigabyte at full speed, choose a fixed-GB plan.
Which networks you'll be on in Tirana
Siima eSIMs for Albania ride Vodafone Albania, One Albania and Telekom infrastructure. Coverage is good in the cities, along the coast and on the main roads, and thins in the northern mountains.
Coverage around Tirana
Skanderbeg Square and Blloku
Strong coverage across the centre, the Pyramid, Bunk'Art 2 and the Blloku bar district.
Dajti cable car
The Dajti Ekspres and the ridge above the city are covered, with a good view of exactly how far Tirana has sprawled.
Berat, Krujë and the Riviera
The UNESCO towns and the coastal road south to Himarë and Sarandë are covered on the main routes. The Llogara pass holds signal at the top.
Theth and Valbona
The northern Alps are the real gap. The Theth–Valbona hiking route and the valleys around it have long stretches with no signal at all — download the trail and tell your guesthouse your plan.
How much data you need
A week in Albania is 3–4 GB. Navigation on the coastal and mountain roads is the main draw — the road signage is sparse and the routes are slow.
Work it out with our data usage calculator →