Apia eSIM
14 Samoa plans · from $24.82
Apia is Samoa's only real city and the start of nearly every visit — the waterfront, the market and the airport corridor into Faleolo all sit within easy reach. It's also where the date-line arithmetic actually bites: step onto a flight to American Samoa and your Samoa eSIM stops working the moment you land, because that's a separate country's network a day behind on the calendar.
Landing at Faleolo International (FLE)
Faleolo sits about 35km west of Apia, roughly a 40-minute drive. Coverage holds the whole way in on the coastal road.
eSIM plans that cover Apia
Apia is covered by every Samoa plan below — there is no separate city-only eSIM to buy.
Choose a data plan
1 GB
7 days· 0.0 GB per $1
$24.82
5% back in credits
$34.93
5% back in credits
$41.83
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2 GB
15 days· 0.0 GB per $1
$48.39
5% back in credits
3 GB
30 days· 0.0 GB per $1
$67.90
5% back in credits
$83.25
5% back in credits
$102.23
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5 GB
30 days· 0.0 GB per $1
$112.32
5% back in credits
$122.60
5% back in credits
$169.53
5% back in credits
$203.35
5% back in credits
10 GB
30 days· 0.0 GB per $1
$206.53
5% back in credits
$244.77
5% back in credits
$406.29
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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 Apia
Siima eSIMs for Samoa ride Digicel Samoa and Vodafone Samoa, whichever is strongest at your location. Both give reliable 4G through Apia, the waterfront and the airport corridor; 5G claims here are unconfirmed either way.
Coverage around Apia
Apia waterfront & market
Strong 4G across downtown, the harbor and Maketi Fou, the central market — this is the best-covered ground in the country.
Vailima & Mt Vaea
Robert Louis Stevenson's former home holds signal well as a museum stop; it thins out on the short, steep walk up Mt Vaea to his grave above it.
Faleolo Airport corridor
Reliable coverage the full 35km drive between Apia and the airport.
South-coast day trips (To Sua Trench, Lalomanu)
Decent signal at both sites themselves — see the Samoa guide for the specific drop inside To Sua's swimming hole.
How much data you need
A few days based in Apia with a south-coast day trip runs about 1-2 GB. Add 1 GB if a Savai'i ferry crossing is also on the itinerary.
Work it out with our data usage calculator →